Trainees should also gain experience in the acquisition of needle aspirates from lymph nodes in mostly paratracheal as well as subcarinal regions. To maintain competency, dedicated operators ...

Therefore, cervical mediastinoscopy to exclude stage IIIb (N3) disease is an important part of the staging for left lower lobe NSCLC. Left upper lobe NSCLC has a different pattern of lymphatic ...

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