Outpatient video-mediastinoscopy.
We reviewed our experience with video-mediastinoscopy as an outpatient procedure. From November 2002 to May 2003, 20 video-mediastinoscopies were performed on an out-patient basis. There were no operative deaths. No surgical complication is reported in a patient requiring readmission and antibiotic therapy for left pneumonia. In conclusion, video-mediastinoscopy can be safely performed on an out-patient basis in selected patients with mediastinal involvement.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, 20 rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France. redha.souilamas@hop.egp.ap-hop-paris.fr
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