Right hemi-thyroidectomy for cystic adenoma.

Date:
1950
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Description

This film shows a thyroidectomy operation for the removal of a cyst on a woman. The wound is sewn up using black silk threat and then secured using staple-like clips. Then, this is swabbed with iodine. The clips are gradually removed and then the patient is shown over the course of several weeks; the wound scar is scarely visible.

Publication/Creation

United States, 1950

Physical description

1 videocassette (DIGIBETA) (10 min.) : sil., color, PAL.
1 DVD (10 min.) : sil., color, PAL.

Notes

Operation performed by Bernard J. Ficarra M.D. from the Department of Surgery, St. Peter's Hospital, Brooklyn, New York.

Creator/production credits

Photographed by James A. Weeks, New York, NY.

Copyright note

Unknown.

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    BMAS969

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    Closed stores
    BMAD969

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