E04-04: Re-do-mediastinoscopy

Experience with Mediastinoscopy.

Tuberculosis and mediastinoscopy.

Biopsy of lymph nodes at mediastinoscopy has been the method of diagnosis of tuberculosis in 14 patients; Mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured from the nodes in nine cases, and in five there was histological evidence of the disease but cultural confirmation was lacking. All patients had radiographic abnormality of the superior mediastinum, and a frequent finding at mediastinoscopy was medias...

Extended cervical mediastinoscopy revisited.

OBJECTIVES To describe the diagnostic value of selective extended cervical mediastinoscopy (ECM) in combination with video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy (VAMLA) in mediastinal staging of potentially resectable left-sided lung carcinoma. METHODS Institutional report on 110 ECM procedures indicated for enlarged lymph nodes within the aorto-pulmonary (AP) zone on computed tomography....

Cervical mediastinoscopy: re-evaluation of an old technique in era of new imaging technology.

CONTEXT With the advent of modern anatomical and functional imaging technologies, application of cervical mediastinoscopy has decreased in diagnosis and staging of mediastinal diseases. AIM To evaluate the usefulness of cervical mediastinoscopy in assessing the mediastinal disease when imaging modalities are non-diagnostic. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Retrospective analysis of records of a tertiary...

Anaesthesia for mediastinoscopy

Mediastinoscopy is a diagnostic procedure, which was first described by Carlens in 1959. Despite the availability of sophisticated imaging techniques (e.g. positron emission tomography), mediastinoscopy remains essential in the staging of lung cancer because of its high sensitivity (.80%) and specificity (100%). Other indications for mediastinoscopy include biopsy of mediastinal masses especial...