Does endoesophageal ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration replace mediastinoscopy in mediastinal staging of thoracic malignancies?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1124-1128

  Witte, Biruta ^a   Neumeister, Wolfgang ^a   Huertgen, Martin ^a  

^a Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; Fine needle aspiration; Lung carcinoma; Lymph node staging; Mediastinoscopy; Mediastinum; VAMLA

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MESOTHELIOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX DISEASE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 43049176630     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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