Taber's Medical Dictionary
Chamberlain procedure
(chām′bĕr-lĭn )
[J. Maxwell Chamberlain, U.S. thoracic surgeon, 1908-1968]
Incision into the mediastinum through the second left intercostal space. The procedure is used to obtain specimens for biopsy or laboratory analysis as an alternative to mediastinoscopy.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Chamberlain Procedure." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740942/all/Chamberlain_procedure.
Chamberlain procedure. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740942/all/Chamberlain_procedure. Accessed April 26, 2025.
Chamberlain procedure. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740942/all/Chamberlain_procedure
Chamberlain Procedure [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 26]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740942/all/Chamberlain_procedure.
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