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J M FARRIS

Publications and source records attributed to J M FARRIS.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1956

Vagotomy; clinical results, with a note on temporary gastrostomy.

Sixty replies to questionnaires sent to more than 100 patients who had had vagotomy for peptic ulcer showed that 93 per cent had satisfactory results. There were no deaths in this series. Three times as many unsatisfactory results occurred in a group of patients who had had gastrectomy. There were no proved recurrent or marginal ulcers in either group. Vagotomy plus a complementary procedure has proved, in the author's experience, to be the operation of choice in chronic duodenal ulcer. At present gastrectomy plus vagotomy appears to be less desirable than vagotomy plus pyloroplasty or gastroenterostomy.

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PubMed1953

Origin and treatment of malignant melanoma.

Studies in man and other animals indicate that tendency to development of malignant melanoma may be congenital. Dark-skinned races have a lower incidence than light-skinned races.Sixty-five per cent of all malignant melanomas arise from possibly congenital moles; in over half of the 57 cases included in this study the patient observed gross change in the precurrent lesion. Trauma, even a single blow, is often the cause of malignant change. Excision of all pigmented moles subject to trauma is urged as a means of reducing the incidence of this highly malignant lesion. Biopsy of suspected lesions, followed by excision of a wide area and adjoining lymph nodes if indicated, is the only adequate treatment. The removal of hirsute moles for cosmetic reasons is discussed.

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