MEDIASTINOSCOPY - INDICATIONS AND LIMITS

Authors
KELM C HENNEKING K BUHR J STAHL J PADBERG W
Citation
C. Kelm et al., MEDIASTINOSCOPY - INDICATIONS AND LIMITS, Die medizinische Welt, 45(9), 1994, pp. 345-349
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Die medizinische Welt → ACNP
ISSN journal
00258512
Volume
45
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
345 - 349
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-8512(1994)45:9<345:M-IAL>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
By means of the mediastinoscopy it is possible to investigate the para tracheal, praetracheal and parabronchial parts of the mediastinum. The letality is low, as is the complication rate. The sensitivity is over 90%. We think that despite the introduction of the computertomography into the praoperative diagnostic of the mediastinum, that the mediast inoscopy has still its place for the diagnostic of unknown mediastinal tumor, unknown lung tumor and for the histological investigation of m ediastinal lymph nodes in case of a bronchial carcinoma.