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Mediastinoskopie – diagnostická metoda stále ještě živá, žádaná a potřebná
| Title in English | Mediastinoscopy – diagnostic method that is still alive, requested and needed |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Kazuistiky v pneumologii a ORL - mimořádné vydání |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Surgery incl. transplantology |
| Keywords | videomediastinoscopy, history, indication, modality, complication, mediastinal lymph-node, mediastinal tumor, N-staging NSCLC |
| Description | Mediastinoscopy is a routine invasive surgery examination of the mediastinum. It is a gold standard for the diagnostic of the mediastinal lymph-node patology in spite of the existence new modern diagnostic imaging method ( CT,PET, NMR, PET-CT). Mediastinoscopy is mostly used for the diagnostic of the N-staging NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer). This examination is indicated for the biopsy of the mediastinal tumor or the other nonpulmonary mediastinal lyph-node pathology too. The note describe history, modality and complication of this method. The diagnostic of the N-staging NSCLC by using mediastinoscopy is thrashed out. The recovery factor of the imaging methods is also in detail commented. The note regards the recommendation of the ESTS – European Society of Thoracic Surgeons. |