[Mediastinal angiography. A helpful method to evaluate to operability of mediastinal and lung tumors (author's transl)].
Preoperative mediastinal angiography, as a simple method, shows alterations of pulmonary and venous mediastinal circulation. It enables the surgeon to evaluate the operability of malignant thoracic neoplasms without performance of other diagnostic procedure with a higher rate of complications, e.g. mediastinoscopy or explorative thoractomy.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000098:blood supply; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D011300:Preoperative Care
Mediastinale Phlebographie: Eine wertvolle Entscheidungshilfe zur Operabilitätsbeurteilung und Operationsplanung von Lungen- und Mediastinaltumoren.