The value of cervical mediastinoscopy
Roukema, J.A.; Prins, J.G.
Netherlands Journal of Surgery 35(2): 48-51
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0167-2487 PMID: 6866294 Document Number: 206688
The reliability of mediastinoscopy as described by Carlens was evaluated in 170 patients with lung cancer. When the primary tumour was located in the left upper lobe, the result of the mediastinoscopy was false-negative in 12 (31%) out of 39 patients. Other invasive procedures, such as left parasternal mediastinoscopy, might be more accurate in these patients.