Ethics of surgical innovation to treat rare diseases

Volume: 39, Issue: 4, Pages: 918 - 919
Published: Apr 1, 2004
Abstract
A gynecologist has referred you a 50-year-old woman with extensive intravenous leiomyomatosis. A tissue diagnosis of invasive low-grade malignancy is available, and the tumor extends into the renal and hepatic veins. You propose removing the tumor by hysterectomy, to be combined if necessary with an extensive venectomy. The patient has had multiple vascular procedures which have exhausted all her available autologous graft material. You will try...
Paper Details
Title
Ethics of surgical innovation to treat rare diseases
Published Date
Apr 1, 2004
Volume
39
Issue
4
Pages
918 - 919
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