Rather An Amazing Cancer Surgery
Dec. 15th, 2009 11:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deirdreIn NY Times yesterday.
Excerpt:
"Last Tuesday, the first incision was made at about 10 a.m. It was tough going from the start. Scar tissue from the radiation treatment had essentially welded Mr. Collison’s insides together, requiring hours and hours of delicate dissection just to free organs and tissues so that surgeons could work on them. In addition, the bulging tumor had shoved organs and blood vessels out of its way, distorting Mr. Collison’s anatomy. The right side of his liver was squashed flat. Nothing was where it was supposed to be. Dr. Kato and his team had to rummage through their patient’s belly in search of veins they could normally have found with their eyes closed."
Tumor turned out to be ten pounds.
Excerpt:
"Last Tuesday, the first incision was made at about 10 a.m. It was tough going from the start. Scar tissue from the radiation treatment had essentially welded Mr. Collison’s insides together, requiring hours and hours of delicate dissection just to free organs and tissues so that surgeons could work on them. In addition, the bulging tumor had shoved organs and blood vessels out of its way, distorting Mr. Collison’s anatomy. The right side of his liver was squashed flat. Nothing was where it was supposed to be. Dr. Kato and his team had to rummage through their patient’s belly in search of veins they could normally have found with their eyes closed."
Tumor turned out to be ten pounds.