Lumpectomy, In A Lipoma. . . Near-Fatality In The Theatre.
August 13th Dr Larry assisted me in the Theatre in a Lumpectomy operation - the surgical excision of a "lump"- the lump being located at the middle of the back of this man, a company patient. It was a Lipoma, the size of my fist. I usually enjoy the part where I scoop-out the fatty lump whole, using my fingers. It then leaves a pot-hole-like space subcutaneously, which I must then close with absorbable sutures. I failed to mention three weeks or so earlier, a near-fatal incident in the operating Theatre. A male patient almost died even before we began the surgical removal of yet another Lipoma, this time located at his neck, posteriorly. I usually use local anaesthetic just as I did in today's case. This involves injecting the anaesthetic fluid locally, so as to completely deaden that area to pain. I proceeded in similar manner that fateful day, whence upon the patient began slowly to act stuporous. Then he began to have violent spasms while screaming at the top of his...