Endobronchial ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration versus transcervical mediastinoscopy in nodal staging of non small cell lung cancer: a prospective comparison study

Endobronchial ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration versus transcervical mediastinoscopy in nodal staging of non small cell lung cancer: a prospective comparison study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>At present only few studies directly compare the diagnostic yield of endobronchial ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration (EBUS-FNA) and transcervical video-assisted mediastinoscopy (TM) for mediastinal lymph node staging in patien...

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Main Authors: Zhang Ruoyu, Mietchen Christina, Krüger Marcus, Wiegmann Bettina, Golpon Heiko, Dettmer Sabine, Haverich Axel, Zardo Patrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-06-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
EBUS-FNA
Mediastinoscopy
NSCLC
Nodal staging
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/51

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