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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 106, 686-688, Copyright © 1993 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
J Bonadies, RS D'Agostino, AF Ruskis and RB Ponn
The reported experience with outpatient mediastinoscopy is limited. We have
performed 65 mediastinoscopies in a hospital-based ambulatory surgical unit
during the past 2 1/2 years. This represents 54% of our total
mediastinoscopies during the period and 85% of the total for the past year.
One patient was admitted overnight because of hypoxemia that was relieved
by thoracentesis. All other patients were discharged from the outpatient
recovery room without problems. No other early and no late complications
occurred. The cost savings were substantial, and patient satisfaction was
high. We conclude that mediastinoscopy can be performed safely in the
outpatient setting in many patients.
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Outpatient mediastinoscopy
Department of Surgery, Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, CT.
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