Impact of Omission of Intrapulmonary Lymph Node Retrieval on Outcome Evaluation of Lung Cancer Patients Without Lymph Node Metastasis: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis

Inferior oncologic outcomes of pN0 cases without intrapulmonary node retrieval suggest that the procedure of intrapulmonary lymph node retrieval may play a role in outcome evaluation for pN0 NSCLC patients.