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Publications and source records attributed to J P Tift.
Two cases of dissecting aneurysm of the left main stem and left anterior descending coronary arteries are presented. Both cases were discovered during routine medicolegal death investigations. Unusual aspects of one of our cases include the history of antecedent trauma and the precise identification of an intimal tear.
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This preliminary report concerns our experience with the use of high dose, short course preoperative radiation therapy and immediate single state cystectomy for the management of bladder cancer. Data reveal that 1,660 rad delivered in 4 days and followed by immediate cystectomy do not increase operative morbidity or mortality. The operative mortality and morbidity of a single stage radical cystectomy with en bloc pelvic node dissection and urinary diversion are no greater than that reported for less radical procedures without node dessection. In this series the incidence of nodal involvement ranged from 10 percent for PIS and P1 tumors to 50 per cent for P3 tumors, implying the need for treatment of pelvic nodes whenever cystectomy seems indicated.