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Revista Archivo Médico de Camagüey
On-line version ISSN 1025-0255
Abstract
GARCIA-RODRIGUEZ, Miguel Emilio; BENAVIDEZ-MARQUEZ, Arian and GARCIA-BASULTO, Miguel Javier. The video mediastinoscopy in oncological thorax. AMC [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.3, e7465. Epub June 01, 2021. ISSN 1025-0255.
Background:
the exponential progress of thoracic surgery has a parallel development to anesthetic and imaging techniques; since ancient times, attempts to address this body space are collected in different manuscripts.
Objective:
to describe the technique of video-mediastinoscopy, as well as the anatomical references for its performance.
Methods:
a description of the technique of video-mediastinoscopy for the excision and biopsy of mediastinal alterations was made, based on personal experience and bibliographic consultation. The international repositories Ebsco, Medline and Cochrane were consulted to obtain references related to the subject.
Conclusions:
video-mediastinoscopy is a safe and useful route for lung cancer staging which also provides a more accurate pathological classification than conventional thoracotomies by allowing access to the upper, aortic and subcarinal ganglionic areas as appropriate.
Keywords : THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY/methods; LYMPH NODES; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES.