Thoracoscopic staging of esophageal carcinoma.
Thoracoscopy is an excellent complement to mediastinoscopy in staging thoracic malignancies. The author describes the technique of thoracoscopic and laparoscopic lymph node staging for patients with esophageal carcinoma.
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Section of General Thoracic Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, USA.
D001706:Biopsy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011187:Posture; D013906:Thoracoscopy