Video-mediastinoscopy vs. standard mediastinoscopy in clinical application
- VernacularTitle:电视纵隔镜与传统纵隔镜在临床应用中的比较
- Author:
Hui ZHAO
;
Jun WANG
;
Jun LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Thoracic disease Mediastinoscopy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2003;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To compare the clinical value of video-mediastinoscopy (VM) and standard mediastinoscopy(SM) in diagnosis of thoracic diseases. Methods: The clinical data of 100 patients with mediastinoscopy were studied retrospectively. Of them, 54 patients underwent VM, and 46 patients underwent SM. The operative parameters including operating time, complications and post-operative hospital stay, the diagnosis accuracy of undifferentiated mediastinal diseases and the accuracy of perioperative staging of lung cancer were compared. Results: The average operating time in VM group was (53.9?17.2) mins, which was less than that in SM group (69.4?24.7)mins (t=2.05,P
