@article{JTD11159,
author = {Alessandro Gonfiotti and Stefano Bongiolatti and Domenico Viggiano and Sara Borgianni and Roberto Borrelli and Giorgia Tancredi and Massimo O. Jaus and Leonardo Politi and Camilla E. Comin and Luca Voltolini},
title = {Does videomediastinoscopy with frozen sections improve mediastinal staging during video-assisted thoracic surgery pulmonary resections?},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {8},
number = {12},
year = {2016},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: To assess if video-mediastinoscopy (VM) with frozen sections (FS) combined with a video-assisted thoracic surgery major pulmonary resection (VMPRS) is able to improve VATS mediastinal intraoperative staging.
Methods: From June 2012 to March 2015 a total of 146 patients underwent VMPRS lymphadenectomy. NCCN guidelines were followed for pre-operative staging, including VM with FS in 27 patients (19%). Procedural time, dissected nodal stations, complications related to VM and VATS lymphadenectomy and definitive histology, were evaluated.
Results: Operative time for VATS resection with VM (group 1) and VATS pulmonary resection alone (group 2) was 198±64 vs. 167±43 min (P=0.003). Mean/median numbers of dissected nodal stations were 4.93±1.1/5 (range, 4–8) in group 1 and 3.25±0.5/5 (range, 3–8) in group 2 (P},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/11159}
}