Superiority of Video-Assisted to Standard Mediastinoscopy in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Staging

Ergene, Gokhan; Baysungur, Volkan; Okur, Erdal; Tezel, Cagatay; Sevilgen, GÖKÇEN; Halezeroglu, Semih

doi:10.1055/s-0031-1299577

Superiority of Video-Assisted to Standard Mediastinoscopy in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Staging

Ergene G., Baysungur V., Okur E., Tezel C., Sevilgen G., Halezeroglu S.

THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, vol.60, no.8, pp.541-544, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 60 Issue: 8
Publication Date: 2012
Doi Number: 10.1055/s-0031-1299577
Journal Name: THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.541-544
Keywords: mediastinoscopy, videomediastinoscopy, lung cancer, staging, CLASSIFICATION
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background We compared the efficiency of videomediastinoscopy (VM) and standard mediastinoscopy (SM) in detecting mediastinal lymph node (MLN) metastasis in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.