Notice from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

IBEN, HURLEY, ANGELL, AND SHUMWAY reoperation in relation to the number of adhesions encountered, this has not been a problem in our series. We have always proceeded at a time when we felt it was necessary to act on a particular situation. The adhesions at any given time vary in individual patients. In closing, I would like to say that we frequently find consolation in having a living patient upon whom to perform a second operation. We are, however, perplexed by the 15% mortality rate in this group, which runs higher than the mortality rate we have had in our primary series, in which we have been fortunate to have had a 12% rate in mitral operations, a 5% rate in aortic operations, and an overall mortality rate of 7.3%.

NOTICE FROM THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS Abstracts for papers to be presented at the 1967 Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons are now being accepted. The meeting is to be held in Kansas City, Missouri, on January 23-25. The deadline for receipts of abstracts is September 15, 1966. An original and six copies should be submitted to Francis X. Byron, M.D., Secretary, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California. Abstracts must summarize an original contribution and must not exceed 200 words in length. Abstracts received after the deadline or exceeding 200 words will not be considered. The program committee reserves the right to select papers for either 15- or 10-minute forum-type presentations. Essayists are reminded that the complete manuscript must be submitted in duplicate either to the editor of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery before the meeting or to the secretary of the Society at the meeting, immediately prior to presentation. FRANCIS X. BYRON,M.D. Secretary

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