Video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy is associated with better survival than mediastinoscopy in patients with resected non–small cell lung cancer Akif Turna, MD, PhD, FETCS, Ahmet Demirkaya, MD, Serkan Özkul, MD, Buge Oz, MD, Atilla Gurses, MD, Kamil Kaynak, MD, FETCS The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 146, Issue 4, Pages 774-780 (October 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.04.036 Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 CONSORT 2010 diagram of the study. VAMLA, Video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 774-780DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.04.036) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Survival curves of patients who underwent video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy (VAMLA) or standard mediastinoscopy. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 774-780DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.04.036) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Survival curves of propensity-matched non–small cell lung cancer patients (n = 50) who underwent either video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy (VAMLA) or standard mediastinoscopy. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 774-780DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.04.036) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions