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