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Cerebrovascular accident complicating extended cervical mediastinoscopy
J D Urschel1, D F Vretenar, W J Dickout
1Thoracic Diseases Unit, Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
The safety and efficacy of staging cervical mediastinoscopy is well established. Extended cervical mediastinoscopy has been proposed as a safe and effective method of staging left upper lobe lung cancers. We report a case of cerebrovascular accident complicating extended cervical mediastinoscopy.