International Congress Barcelona 2013

Saturday, 07.09.2013
Sunday, 08.09.2013
Monday, 09.09.2013
Tuesday, 10.09.2013
Wednesday, 11.09.2013

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, abstract number.

PG15 An update of invasive staging of the mediastinum

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: P. Van Schil (Antwerp, Belgium), D. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)
Aims: This course will provide an update on the possible tools available to assess the mediastinum in lung cancer patients. The course will additionally cover the best way of combining different techniques, identifying the correct technique for your patient, and will discuss the reported survival differences depending on the staging method used.
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ADULT: B.2 Thoracic tumours, H. Knowledge of associated fields relevant to adult respiratory medicine.

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EBUS M. Schuhmann (Heidelberg, Germany)
Video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy (VAMLA) M. Huertgen (Koblenz, Germany)
Extended mediastinoscopy R. Rami Porta (Barcelona, Spain)
Transcervical extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy (TEMLA) M. Zielinski (Zakopane, Poland)