Evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes with endobronchial ultrasound: The thoracic surgeon's perspective

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 578-583

  Andrade, Rafael S ^a   Groth, Shawn S ^a   Rueth, Natasha M ^a   D'Cunha, Jonathan ^a   Pambuccian, Stefan E ^a   Maddaus, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUODENUM CANCER; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GRANULOMA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MELANOMA; MESOTHELIOMA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGEON; THYROID CANCER; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UTERUS CANCER;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 76749124296     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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