Cervical mediastinoscopy and anterior mediastinotomy in superior vena cava obstruction

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1551-1556

  Dosios, Theodosios ^a   Theakos, Nikolaos ^b   Chatziantoniou, Christos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Anterior mediastinotomy; Biopsy; Cervical mediastinoscopy; Hemorrhage; Superior vena cava obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR MEDIASTINOSTOMY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLEEDING; CERVICAL MEDIASTINOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETHALITY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944575166     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.3.1551     Document Type: Article

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