title: Combined thoracoscopy and mediastinoscopy for the evaluation of mediastinal lymph node metastasis in left upper lobe lung cancer.
abstract: Cervical mediastinoscopy has an important but limited role in the evaluation of mediastinal adenopathy of the aorticopulmonary window in patients with left lung cancer. Thoracoscopy is another valuable diagnostic procedure in the assessment of mediastinal adenopathy. Combined thoracoscopic and mediastinoscopic evaluation may be more accurate for assessing mediastinal lymph node metastasis in left lung cancer than either procedure alone.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitsudomi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osaki
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008481:Mediastinoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014743:Videotape Recording