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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 57, 740-741, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Cerebrovascular accident complicating extended cervical mediastinoscopy

JD Urschel, DF Vretenar, WJ Dickout and SS Nakai
Thoracic Diseases Unit, Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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.

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