title: Staging laparotomy with splenectomy in Hodgkin's disease.
abstract: The series includes 91 patients with Hodgkin's disease who underwent a staging laparotomy with splenectomy during the years 1971-1976, in 82% of them as part of the initial evaluation before therapy. Positive abdominal lymph nodes were found in 29% of the patients, a positive spleen in 37%, and a positive liver in 10%. Follow-up of patients who lacked abdominal involvement at laparotomy indicate that sampling error was only of marginal importance. Evaluation of the therapeutic implications of the operation indicated that 41% of the patients benefited from the procedure; 31% by changing stage and 10% by changing radiation therapy port. Five patients had minor surgical complications. The mortality rate was nil.
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D009929:Organ Size; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*