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Ann Thorac Surg 1981;31:414-420
© 1981 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Thoracoscopy for Intrathoracic Tumors

Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Nov 13-15, 1980, White Sulphur Springs, WV

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Rodgers, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Associate Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Box J286, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610

The technique of thoracoscopy has been performed on 49 occasions in 45 patients for the diagnosis or staging of intrathoracic tumors. The patients ranged from 8 months to 68 years old. Eight procedures were performed for pleural disease, 16 for mediastinal masses, 22 for parenchymal lesions, and 3 for intrathoracic staging. Seventeen patients had had previous invasive procedures performed without a pathological diagnosis being established. In 28 thoracoscopy procedures, a positive diagnosis for malignancy was obtained; in 6 instances, areas of unsuspected tumor involvement were identified. A correct diagnosis was obtained by thoracoscopy in 45 procedures for a 92% overall accuracy rate. There was no clinically significant morbidity in this series and no procedure-related mortality. Thoracoscopy, performed under stellate ganglion block and regional anesthesia, has proved to be a very attractive method of diagnosing intrathoracic neoplasia with very low morbidity.

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