title: [Lung biopsy using mediastinoscope in the time of VATS].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Miskolc Megyei Jogú Város Onkormányzata Semmelweis Kórház es Egyetemi Oktató Kórház, Altalános Sebészeti es Mellkassebészeti Osztály, Miskolc. hanyikj@axelero.hu
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hanyik
authors.forename: Károly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gyáni
authors.forename: Imre
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: Sándor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Almássy
authors.forename: János István
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: Géza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szucs
mesh_terms: 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