title: [The diagnosis and therapy of mediastinal tumors (author's transl)].
abstract: From 1965 to 1973, 82 patients were operated on for mediastinal tumor. 42.7% of them were incidental radiological findings. Preoperatively, 66% of the mediastinal tumors were not morphologically confirmed. The lethality of the operation was 1.22%. Thymomas (29.3%) were the most frequent findings. 34.2% were malignant. While most patients with benign mediastinal tumors are cured by the operation, the 5 year survival rate for those with malignant tumors was 22%. Further special investigative procedures should only follow a guiding survey radiography in two planes if they can be expected to provide essential information on operability, operational tactics and approach.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000601:surgery; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013945:Thymoma / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Zur Diagnostik und Therapie der Mediastinaltumoren