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Obstetrics and Gynecology ERNST WERTHEIM Zur Frage der Radicaloperation Archiv
Previous workers for cancer of popularized it. his f...
Obstetrics and Gynecology ERNST WERTHEIM Zur Frage der Radicaloperation Archiv
Previous workers for cancer of popularized it. his first patient, hours following modifying his
beim Uteruskrebs.
fib Gyntikologie,
vol.
61, pp. 627-668,
1900.
had performed hysterectomy with dissection of the pelvic lymph nodes the uterus. It was Wertheim, however, who developed the operation and This paper is a report of his first 29 cases. Fig. 1 shows the specimen from who was operated on in 1898 for cervical carcinoma, and who died several surgery. Wertheim persevered, gaining considerable experience and technique. He published a monograph based on 500 cases in 1911. 439