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C Marchegiani

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[Diagnostic and therapeutic role of so-called laparosplenectomy in Hodgkin's disease].

Results obtained with laparosplenectomy in the diagnosis and treatment of Hodgkin's disease are reported. The soundness of this method is asserted with regard to establishment of the anatomopathological stage, the improved tolerance of subsequent antiblastic management and the virtual absence of post-operative complications. The long-term progression of the disease, however, cannot be examined, since reliable data are not available. It will the tasks of the haematologists to follow these patients and record the clinical events observed.

Adolescent↗

Thyroid cancer: surgical experience with 322 cases.

From November 1970 to July 1983, a total of 322 thyroid cancers were treated surgically in our clinic. Total thyroidectomy was the treatment of choice. In 131 patients, modified neck dissection (unilaterally in 23 and bilaterally in 108) was added. Of the latter patients, 33 also required upper mediastinal lymph node dissection. There were no operative deaths. No recurrent laryngeal nerve iatrogenic palsy was observed. Permanent parathyroid insufficiency developed in only about 4% of patients. The low morbidity and good long-term results justify the use of this procedure in all patients with thyroid malignancies. Despite conservative arguments in the controversial issue of lobectomy versus total thyroidectomy, skilled surgeons should be able to perform total thyroidectomy safely. It is recommended as the treatment of choice because of the well-documented multicentricity of thyroid cancers and the good prognosis of differentiated cancers associated with a near-normal life expectancy, to permit radioactive iodine therapy of possibly functioning metastases and the easier control of hypothyroidism with thyroid supplement medication.

Adenocarcinoma↗