Mini-mediastinotomy under local anesthesia for biopsy of anterior mediastinal masses with airway compression

Pneumologia

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 143-146

  Mahmodlou, Rahim ^a   Mohtazeri, Vahid ^b   Rahimi Rad, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Sekoti, Mohsen ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Airways compression; Anterior mediastinal masses; Great vessel compression; Local anesthesia; Mini mediastinotomy

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BIOPSY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855733484     PISSN: 20672993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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