• JSLS · Apr 1997

    Clinical Trial

    Video-assisted thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of mediastinal masses in children.

    • C Sandoval and G Stringel.
    • Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Westchester County Medical Center, Valhalla 10594, USA.
    • JSLS. 1997 Apr 1; 1 (2): 131-3.

    Background And ObjectivesVideo-assisted thoracoscopy has been successfully used for several different thoracic procedures in adults. However, its use in children has been limited. The present study evaluated our experience with video-assisted thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of mediastinal masses in children.MethodsNine children (age range, 3 to 18 years) with undiagnosed mediastinal masses underwent video-assisted thoracoscopy. The operation was performed using general anesthesia, with the patient intubated with a single lumen endotracheal tube.ResultsIn all cases adequate tissue for diagnosis was obtained. Three patients had tuberculosis, two had Hodgkin's disease, two had granuloma, one had metastatic Wilms' tumor, and one had thymic hyperplasia. There were no complications related to the operative procedure.ConclusionsVideo-assisted thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of mediastinal masses in children is a safe procedure. It provides good visualization, access to the mediastinum and adequate tissue for diagnosis. Further, postoperative discomfort is tolerable and cosmetic results are excellent.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…