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• TITLE: In Surgical Treatment of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer a Minimum Number of Resected Mediastinal Lymph Nodes Is Mandatory for Accurate Staging

  AUTHORS: Armin Kolb, Elena Steidele, Craig Matthews, Johannes Merk, Karl-Heinz Orend, Bernd Mühling

  KEYWORDS: Lung Cancer Surgery, Lymph Node, Lymphadenectomy, Lymph Node Sampling, Systematic Lymphadenectomy, Nsclc, Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

  JOURNAL NAME: Surgical Science, Vol.5 No.10, October 24, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Objective: Increased numbers of removed lymph nodes (LN) are resulting in more accurate staging of the patient (Will-Rogers-Phenomenon). This study evaluates dependence of lymph node sample size to 1) Will-Rogers-Phenomenom, 2) influence of sample size on overall survival and interms of 3) morbidity and mortality. Methods: 131 patients after pulmonary resection wereretrospectively analysed concerning surgery, number of removed lymph nodes, stage, complications and survival. Patients were stratified according to the median number of lymph nodes in two groups (A