Mediastinoscopy
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Recent papers in Mediastinoscopy
There is increasing awareness of minimally invasive endoscopic techniques for mediastinal staging in lung cancer. Traditionally, cervical mediastinoscopy has been utilized. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EBUS) has... more
BACKGROUND: The diagnostic yield and accuracy of new approaches to diagnose cancer should focus on comparison with established surgical techniques. Our objective was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of EBUS to detect cancer in... more
Long-term survival after minimally invasive major lung resections for lung carcinoma has been repeatedly shown to be equal or better than after open surgery [1], [2], [3] and [4], despite mediastinal dissection with VATS lobectomy being... more
Lung cancer is the most frequent malignant disease and the leading cause of death from malignant diseases in the world and its incidence is increasing. At the time when diagnosis is established most patients have advanced disease and are... more
The role of surgery in the multimodality treatment is still a matter of discussion. Until recently, neoadjuvant chemotherapy with subsequent pulmonary resection was regarded the standard of treatment for patients with N2 metastatic nodes... more
Diagnosis of indeterminate mediastinal masses and staging of lung cancer poses a significant challenge. Options for tissue diagnoses include computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous biopsy, transbronchial fine-needle aspiration,... more