Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for the diagnosis of patents with hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-216

  Chen, Jin Shing ^a   Chang, Yih Leong ^a   Cheng, Hsiu Ling ^a   Chang, Yi Chen ^a   Lee, Yung Chie ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hilar lymphadenopathy; Mediastinal lymphadenopathy; Thoracoscopy; Video assisted thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FROZEN SECTION; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG HILUS; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOSCOPY; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 0035011017     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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