The value of laparotomy and splenectomy in the staging of Hodgkin's disease
β Scribed by Eli Glatstein; Henry S. Kaplan; James M. Guernsey; Saul A. Rosenberg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1969
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 829 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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## Abstract Thirtyβthree children with histologically proved Hodgkin's disease underwent exploratory laparotomy with splenectomy and biopsy of lumbar lymph nodes, liver, and bone marrow. In 13 patients (39%) the lesion of spleen and/or splenic hilar lymph nodes was diagnosed. The involvement of spl
Between 1969 and 1983, 123 patients with Hodgkin's disease underwent a staging laparotomy. The stages of 34 (27%) patients were changed by laparatomy. Twenty-nine patients (23 %) were upstaged, five (4%) downstaged. The most considerable change was found in stage 111. The accuracy of preoperative l