title: [Surgical diagnostic methods in the thoracic area].
abstract: Radiological changes in the lung, in the mediastinum and in the pleura should always be clarified. The thoracic surgery realizes methods, which have a minimal risk and a low rate of complications but have a high degree of efficacy. Those methods are biopsy of lymphatic nodes, mediastinoscopy and open chest pleuro-pulmonary biopsy. The methods are described and their indications and also their value is discussed in the scope of the diagnostic system of the lung clinic.
authors.affiliation: Thoraxchirurgische Abteilung im Forschungsinstitut für Lungenkrankheiten und Tuberkulose, Berlin-Buch/DDR.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Engelmann
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008481:Mediastinoscopy; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology*; D013906:Thoracoscopy
vernacular_title: Chirurgische diagnostische Methoden im Thoraxbereich.