Lymph Node Assessment and Impact on Survival in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy or Segmentectomy

Sampling greater than 3 LNS and greater than 10 RNs was associated with an increase in nodal upstaging. Only LNS greater than 3 was found to be an independent predictor of mortality in VATS lobectomy and segmentectomy in clinical early-stage NSCLC.