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Revista Cubana de Cirugía
versión On-line ISSN 1561-2945
Resumen
QUINTANA MARRERO, José; GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Miguel; ARMAS PEREZ, Bárbaro y REYES BALSEIRO, Evelio. Mediastinotomía anterior: Modalidad diagnóstica predictiva en el cáncer de pulmón. Rev Cubana cir [online]. 1999, vol.38, n.1, pp. 16-20. ISSN 1561-2945.
The results of 83 anterior mediastinotomies performed on patients with presumptive diagnosis of lung cancer were analyzed. The base line of the diagnosis was the simple thorax X ray. 68.67 of the cases suffered from left lung cancer. The compressive syndrome of the superior vena cava was the initial disease in 10 patients. It was proved the effectiveness of mediastinotomy in lung tumor staging, and it was also demonstrated that it is an innocuous procedure
Palabras clave : LUNG NEOPLASMS [surgery]; MEDIASTINUM [surgery].