title: [The transmediastinal pleurotomy (author's transl)].
abstract: A new surgical method is presented, the transmediastinal pleurotomy. With this technique it is possible to explore the opposite lung from a standard thoracotomy and to perform diagnostic or therapeutic resections in suitable cases. So far we have performed 20 transmediastinal pleurotomies without any complications.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D013909:Thorax / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Transmediastinale Pleurotomie.