caa a22 4500 38634776X CHVBK 20180307111817.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198903 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100108795 doi S0022215100108795 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100108795 Puhakka Heikki J. Department of Otolaryngology, University Central Hospital, SF-20520, Turku, Finland Complications of mediastinoscopy [Elektronische Daten] [Heikki J. Puhakka] From 1968 to 1987, mediastinoscopy was performed on 2021 consecutive patients. The procedure was carried out in 35.7 per cent on patients with a pulmonary infiltrate and in 28.8 per cent with bronchogenic carcinoma. Mediastinoscopy was positive in 54 per cent of the cases. The total number of complications was 2.3 per cent (47/2021). There were four cases with major haemorrhage, three tracheal ruptures and three wound infections. Recurrent nerve paralysis was verified in three patients and pericardial rupture in two patients. The total of major complications was 0.5 per cent (10/2021). There was no deaths in this series. In the authors' opinion, mediastinoscopy can be regarded as an effective and safe procedure in the hands of an experienced surgeon. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989 The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/3(1989-03), 312-315 0022-2151 103:3<312 1989 103 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100108795 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100108795 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Puhakka Heikki J. Department of Otolaryngology, University Central Hospital, SF-20520, Turku, Finland NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/3(1989-03), 312-315 0022-2151 103:3<312 1989 103 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge