title: [Thoracic "staging" by videothoracoscopy: a new technique].
abstract: We are describing a technique of pre resectional staging of thoracic neoplasm by video assisted thoracic surgical (VATS) techniques. This method was applied on 27 patients, when the lymph nodes II, III, IV, VII, VIII and IX were biopsied or excised. In two cases (2) we were forced to proceed to open thoracotomy for staging because of extensive adhesion. In the other 25 patients, the surgical staging was the same as the VATS staging in 92% of the cases. This technic has obvious advantages for lower mediastinal nodes (100%). VATS should be considered among other staging procedure for thoracic neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire et Thoracique, Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghosn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rabbat
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gariépy
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: "Staging" thoracique par vidéothoracoscopie: nouvelle technique.