Should endobronchial ultrasonography be part of the thoracic surgeon's armamentarium?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 413-418

  Gilbert, Sebastien ^a   Wilson, David O ^b   Christie, Neil A ^a   Luketich, James D ^a   Landreneau, Rodney J ^a   Close, John M ^a   Schuchert, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Allergy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRONCHI; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58649100072     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.09.042     Document Type: Article

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