[An analysis of 100 consecutive mediastinoscopies for the diagnosis and/or staging of pulmonary carcinoma].
The authors analyze data of 100 consecutive mediastinoscopies, performed for diagnostic and/or staging purposes in suspected or known bronchogenic carcinomas. They confirm once again how mediastinoscopy is, in many cases, the only diagnostic procedure that can give, at the same time, a preoperative histological diagnosis and a quite accurate staging, thus avoiding useless exploratory thoracotomies.
Taviani
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Istituto di Anatomia Chirurgica, Università di Genova.
Verna
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Lo Casto
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Brigli
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Pisani
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Cariati
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008481:Mediastinoscopy; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging
Analisi di 100 mediastinoscopie consecutive per diagnosi e/o stadiazione del carcinoma del polmone.