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The role of cervical mediastinoscopy in Nigerian thoracic surgical practice [PDF]

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
INTRODUCTION: cervical mediastinoscopy is the gold standard for obtaining histological diagnosis of mediastinal pathology. It has been used for the staging of lung cancer as well as to determine the cause of Isolated Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy. There is
Bode Falase, Mgbajah Ogadinma, Adetinuwe Majekodunmi, Adeola Animasahun, Olufunke Adeyeye   +4 more
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Esophageal perforation: A rare but serious complication of cervical mediastinoscopy

Acta Oto-Laryngologica Case Reports
Diagnostic mediastinoscopy is a procedure with well-known serious complications: Hemorrhage, mediastinitis, pneumothorax and recurrent nerve damage. Esophageal perforation is a less known potentially life-threatening complication.
Fredrik Landström, Erik Stenberg, Anders Wickbom   +2 more
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Experiences on the application of video-assisted mediastinoscopy for 40 patients with mediastinal lesions

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2008
Background and objective To evaluate the clinical experiences on the application of video-assisted mediastinoscopy for 40 patients with mediastinal lesions.
Zhen LIANG, Weidong HU, Zhendong GU, Keneng CHEN   +3 more
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Endobronchial ultrasound–guided transbronchial needle aspiration in the staging of lung cancer patients

SAGE Open Medicine, 2015
Objective: Mediastinoscopy as diagnostic procedure for evaluation of mediastinum in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer has long been considered the reference standard. However, less invasive method has occurred.
Dariusz Dziedzic, Adam Peryt, Malgorzata Szolkowska, Renata Langfort, Tadeusz Orlowski   +4 more
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Surgical experience and patient-related restrictions predict the adequacy of cervical mediastinoscopy in non-small cell lung carcinoma lymph node staging

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2018
Background Until recently, cervical mediastinoscopy was considered to be the reference standard for mediastinal staging for Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC).
Theo J. Klinkenberg, Wobbe Bouma, Caroline Van De Wauwer, Rienhart F. E. Wolf, Massimo A. Mariani, Harry J. M. Groen   +5 more
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MEDIASTinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer by endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasonography with or without additional surgical mediastinoscopy (MEDIASTrial): study protocol of a multicenter randomised controlled trial

BMC Surgery, 2018
Background In case of suspicious lymph nodes on computed tomography (CT) or fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), advanced tumour size or central tumour location in patients with suspected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Dutch ...
Jelle E. Bousema, Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf, Nicole E. Papen-Botterhuis, Hermien W. Schreurs, Jos G. Maessen, Erik H. van der Heijden, Willem H. Steup, Jerry Braun, Valentin J. J. M. Noyez, Fieke Hoeijmakers, Naomi Beck, Martijn van Dorp, Niels J. M. Claessens, Birgitta I. Hiddinga, Johannes M. A. Daniels, David J. Heineman, Harmen R. Zandbergen, Ad F. T. M. Verhagen, Paul E. van Schil, Jouke T. Annema, Frank J. C. van den Broek, MEDIASTrial study group   +21 more
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Mediastinal lymphangioma in an adult with a tracheal bronchus [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2017
Introduction. Lymphangiomas, also known as cystic hygromas or cystic lymphangiomas, are cystic abnormalities of the lymph vessels and they are rare benign tumors. Tracheal bronchus (Bronchus suis or “pig bronchus”) is a very rare congenital anomaly.
Chabowski Mariusz, Szymanska-Chabowska Anna, Szolkowska Malgorzata, Janczak Dawid, Janczak Dariusz   +4 more
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The Clinical Value of Routine Preoperative Surgical Staging to Mediastinal Lymph Nodes on Lung Cancer

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2010
Background and objective The aim of this study is the clinical value of preoperative routine surgical staging to mediastinal lymph nodes on lung cancer. Methods Seventy-six cases underwent lymph nodes biopsy with mediastinoscopy.
Ye XU, Yang SHENTU, Min ZHENG, Ming GUO
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Assesment of Mediastinoscopy Surgery Results in Patients with Mediastinal Tumor Reffered to Besat Hospital in Hamadan City from 2014 to 2019

پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 2020
Background and Objective: One of the important steps in continuing the treatment of patients with mediastinal masses is definitive diagnosis using tissue sampling of the lesion within the mediastinum.
Hamidreza Khorshidi, Masoud Tarbiat, Abbas Moradi, Babak Karimi   +3 more
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The role of minimally invasive diagnostic techniques in optimizing treatment strategies in patients with colorectal cancer

General Surgery
Objective – to improve staging accuracy and optimize therapeutic strategies in patients with colorectal cancer by performing minimally invasive diagnostic procedures, specifically diagnostic laparoscopy with peritoneal lavage and cytological examination,
O. A. Danylenko, O. O. Piskorskyi
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