Premium
Technique of exploratory laparotomy and staging in hodgkin's disease
Author(s) -
Mittelman Arnold,
Elias Elias G.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930050605
Subject(s) - medicine , exploratory laparotomy , laparotomy , biopsy , splenectomy , lymph node biopsy , disease , lymph node , liver biopsy , radiology , surgery , general surgery , spleen , pathology
Exploratory laparotomy, splenectomy, liver biopsy, multiple lymph node biopsy, and bone biopsy have been successfully carried out in 76 patients with Hodgkin's disease. The superiority of these procedures for accurate determination of extent of abdominal disease is clear. A surgical technique of staging is described that has, to date, no mortality and insignificant morbidity.