Prevalence of nodal metastases in lymph node stations 8 & 9 in a large UK lung cancer surgical centre without routine pre-operative EUS nodal staging

摘要

Introduction: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) allows access to the inferior mediastinal lymph node stations (8 and 9) which are beyond the reach of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS). The addition of EUS to EBUS procedures requires cost and resource investment. This study sought to describe the prevalence of station 8/9 nodal metastases from intra-operative lymph node sampling in a UK region where routine pre-operative EUS is not available.