Abstract
As a result of the study of end-results, standardization of the majority of surgical operations is nearly complete. The therapeutic use of radium has only during the last ten or fifteen years become a recognized method of treatment for gynecologic conditions and is still far from uniform. The value of different forms of treatment should he judged by their results, and for this reason I have attempted to give in a condensed form (table 1) the results secured by irradiation in three groups of cases, in all of which operations have been performed in the gynecologic clinic at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The one death in this series resulted from uremia and occurred in a patient with advanced nephritis. It is especially noticeable that 92 per cent of the patients were cured by one application of radium, and that, even if the irradiation fails to check the
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
