Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 39 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: spinal neurinoma; paraesthesiae; and paraparesis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts, autopsy reports and drawings relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; anterior communicating aneurysm; and epileptic attack. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: back pain; sciatica; and prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; deterioration of personality; and dysphasia. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; vomiting; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts, autopsy report and black-and-white photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 65 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: spastic paraparesis; adenocarcinoma; and spinal cord compression. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts, and drawings relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral artery aneurysm; epidural haematoma; and subarachnoid haemorrhage. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: breast carcinoma; metastases; and low back pain. Nonsurgical treatment and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts and autopsy report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: lymphosarcoma; and leukaemia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica; prolapsed intervertebral disc; and back injury. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.