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What is a mediastinoscopy?

What is a mediastinoscopy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
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Mediastinoscopy was performed, including a mediastinal lymph node biopsy where he was found to have noncaseating granulomas.
Now mediastinoscopy involves the use of a rigid bronchoscope and a surgical incision made in the suprasternal notch.
However, if a tissue diagnosis is deemed necessary, it can be achieved by thoracoscopy, mediastinoscopy or the Chamberlain procedure.

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