Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration for Differentiating N0 Versus N1 Lung Cancer Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, PhD, Takahiro Nakajima, MD, PhD, Thomas Waddell, MD, PhD, Shaf Keshavjee, MD, MSc, Ichiro Yoshino, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 96, Issue 5, Pages 1756-1760 (November 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.090 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flow chart showing the 163 patients enrolled in this study. Clinical N0 and N1 were based on preoperative computed tomography and positron emission tomography scans. Patients found to have N2 disease on endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) did not undergo surgical resection. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 1756-1760DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.090) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions