Does video-assisted mediastinoscopy have a better lymph node yield and safety profile than conventional mediastinoscopy?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 316-319

  Adebibe, Miriam ^a   Jarral, Omar A ^a   Shipolini, Alex R ^a   McCormack, David J ^a  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical mediastinoscopy; Conventional mediastinoscopy; Video assisted mediastinoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE YIELD; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIDEO ASSISTED MEDIASTINOSCOPY;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 84863492042     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivr052     Document Type: Article

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