Mediastinoscopy.
A series of 150 mediastinoscopic examinations, performed at The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, is reported. The procedure was employed as a diagnostic aid in the care of patients known to be suffering from disease processes involving the superior mediastinum, and as a preoperative assessment in a group of patients known to have, or suspected of having, bronchogenic carcinoma, There was no mortality. The morbidity rate was 2%.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008481:Mediastinoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography