This report describes our experience with a technique of modified radical m'astectomy involving incision of the lower lateral fibers of the pectoralis major muscle and detachment of the origins of the pectoralis minor muscle. These maneuvers enable sufficient retraction of these muscles to provide e
Radical mastectomy
โ Scribed by Hedley Atkins
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1948
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 459 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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