[Lung biopsy using mediastinoscope in the time of VATS].
Patients with diffuse lung disease need lung biopsy for accurate diagnosis and treatment. Both traditional open lung biopsy through a thoracotomy and video assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy are effective methods for obtaining parenchymal samples. The authors present their surgical method and experience. Thirty patients were operated on for lung biopsy using mediastinoscope between 1999-2003. Lung parenchymal samples were eligible for histological examination. No serious postoperative complications developed. The method is simple, safe and low-cost.
Hanyik
János
J
Miskolc Megyei Jogú Város Onkormányzata Semmelweis Kórház es Egyetemi Oktató Kórház, Altalános Sebészeti es Mellkassebészeti Osztály, Miskolc. hanyikj@axelero.hu
Gyáni
Károly
K
Tóth
Imre
I
Almássy
Sándor
S
Kiss
János István
JI
Szucs
Géza
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D020707:Mediastinoscopes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted