Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5991669 | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Accurate mediastinal staging is the hallmark of a good thoracic oncology program. Mediastinal lymph node staging is important for prognostication and to guide the administration of neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy. In addition, accurate mediastinal staging is necessary for a fair comparison of different clinical studies. The most important surgical advance in mediastinal lymph node staging in the past few years is transcervical staging, by either sternal elevation or video-assisted mediastinoscopy. The present report summarizes the existing published data evaluating such an approach.
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Authors
Sai MBBS, Todd L. MD, FACS,