mediastinoscopicadj.
/ˌmiːdɪəˌstʌɪnəˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˌmidiəˌstaɪnəˈskɑpɪk/ Medicine.
Performed or made by mediastinoscopy; of or relating to mediastinoscopy.
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1968 Minnesota Med. 51 915 (title) Mediastinoscopic diagnosis of sarcoidosis.
1984 Chest 86 424 Patients with negative findings on oblique hilar tomography need not undergo mediastinoscopic examination prior to thoracotomy.
1999 Oncol. Rep. 6 75 Both of the patients were diagnosed based on transbronchial lung biopsy..and mediastinoscopic biopsy.
Derivatives
ˌmediaˌstinoˈscopically adv. by means of mediastinoscopy.
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1977 Zeitschr. f. Erkrankungen d. Atmungsorgane 149 91 Through cytological investigation of material obtained mediastinoscopically we attained nearly 100% positivity rate.
1999 Seminars Oncol. 26 Suppl. 11. 32 A trial..is currently investigating a novel neoadjuvant regimen..in patients with mediastinoscopically confirmed N2 disease.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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