Hodgkin's disease: Is staging laparotomy necessary?
โ Scribed by M Irving
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 217 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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Diagnostic laparotomy has been used as a staging aid after complete medical evaluation of 15 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The stage of disease was altered by the surgical procedure in 7 of the 15 patients and is recommended for all patients with Stages I, 11, or I11 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
## Summary The results of surgical staging in Hodgkin's disease in 107 patients under the care of one surgeon over an 8-year period are presented. The inaccuracy of clinical staging is re-emphasized as 43 per cent of patients had their disease stage altered by surgical staging. Lymphangiography cor