Is video mediastinoscopy a safer and more effective procedure than conventional mediastinoscopy?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-84

  Zakkar, Mustafa ^a   Tan, Carol ^a   Hunt, Ian ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complication rate; Evidence based medicine; Mediasinoscopy; Mediastinal lymph nodes; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONVENTIONAL MEDIASTINOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISSECTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAINING; VIDEO MEDIASTINOSCOPY; VISION TEST; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 84861312299     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivr044     Document Type: Article

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