Mediastinoscopy: a diagnostic procedure in hilar and paratracheal lymphadenopathy
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- 1 November 1971
- journal article
- tuberculosis in-the-1970s
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 47 (553), 698-704
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.47.553.698
Abstract
Summary: Mediastinoscopy, in the skilled hands of a thoracic surgeon, is a safe, cosmetically accepted procedure with negligible complications, less than that reported in many series of scalene node biopsies. It has the advantage of yielding a much higher rate of diagnostic tissue, in all instances over 90%. In the cases of tuberculosis it enabled an organism to be isolated and sensitivities obtained. It has also revealed a group of cases with findings, a further study of which may increase our understanding, assessment and management of patients presenting with hilar and/or paratracheal lymphadenopathy.Keywords
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