title: Results and complications of staging laparotomy in Hodgkin's disease.
abstract: 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 III. The accuracy of preoperative lymphangiography was 85%. The postoperative complication rate was 15%. There were no operative deaths. The staging laparotomy for Hodgkin's disease is a reliable procedure, and allows less aggressive therapy in selective groups.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications