The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 24, 289-290, Copyright © 1977 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Subxiphoid anterior mediastinal exploration
KV Arom, JL Franz, FL Grover and JK Trinkle
A new surgical technique for anterior mediastinal exploration is described.
The technique involves application of a Carlens mediastinoscope by means of
a subxiphoid incision. The procedure provides complete exploration of the
anterior mediastinal compartment and allows the surgeon to obtain a
positive biopsy of the tumor or its lymph node metastases without
sternotomy.