VALUE OF LAPAROTOMY IN STAGING OF LYMPHOMA

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 145  (2) , 179-182
Abstract
Seventy-one patients with lymphoma underwent staging laparotomy. Fifty of the patients had Hodgkin''s disease and the remainder, non-Hodgkin''s lymphoma. One patient died from pulmonary embolism on the 10th postoperative day, 1 required temporary assisted ventilation, 1 required reoperation for hemorrhage and 6 patients had infectious complications which responded to appropriate antibiotic therapy. Despite extensive noninvasive procedures, including bone marrow trephine biopsy and lymphangiography, in approximately 30% of the patients, the disease was restaged as a result of the operation. Since primary management of these diseases is critically dependent upon accurate staging, at the present time this procedure is indispensible for proper management, as it contributes information not available from other currently used investigational techniques.

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