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Use of a Surgical Specimen-Collection Kit to Improve Mediastinal Lymph-Node Examination of Resectable Lung Cancer

Use of a Surgical Specimen-Collection Kit to Improve Mediastinal Lymph-Node Examination of... ORIGINAL ARTICLE Use of a Surgical Specimen-Collection Kit to Improve Mediastinal Lymph-Node Examination of Resectable Lung Cancer Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, MBBS, FACP,*† Laura E. Miller, MD,† Robert A. Ramirez, DO,*† Christopher G. Wang, MD,† Thomas F. O’Brien, MD,‡ Xinhua Yu, MD, PhD,§ Alim Khandekar, MD,|| Glenn P. Schoettle, MD,|| Samuel G. Robbins, MD,¶ Edward T. Robbins, MD,# and Jeffrey B. Gibson, MD¶ and showed a trend toward increased detection of patients with MLN Introduction: Pathologic examination of mediastinal lymph nodes metastasis, with only a modest increase in duration of surgery, and no (MLNs) after resection of non–small-cell lung cancer is critical in increase in perioperative morbidity, mortality, or hospital length of stay. the determination of prognosis and postoperative management. Although systematic nodal dissection is recommended, the quality of Key Words: Staging, Non–small-cell lung cancer, Mediastinal pathologic lymph-node staging often falls short of recommendations lymph nodes, Quality improvement, Surgical resection. in practice. We tested the feasibility of improving pathologic lymph- (J Thorac Oncol. 2012;7: 1276–1282) node staging of resectable non–small-cell lung cancer by using a pre- labeled specimen-collection kit. Methods: Case-control study with comparison of 51 resections, using a special lymph-node collection kit, with 51 controls matched for urgical resection http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Thoracic Oncology Wolters Kluwer Health

Use of a Surgical Specimen-Collection Kit to Improve Mediastinal Lymph-Node Examination of Resectable Lung Cancer

Journal of Thoracic Oncology , Volume 7 (8) – Aug 1, 2012

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Copyright © 2012 by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
ISSN
1556-0864
DOI
10.1097/JTO.0b013e318257fbe5
pmid
22653076
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE Use of a Surgical Specimen-Collection Kit to Improve Mediastinal Lymph-Node Examination of Resectable Lung Cancer Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, MBBS, FACP,*† Laura E. Miller, MD,† Robert A. Ramirez, DO,*† Christopher G. Wang, MD,† Thomas F. O’Brien, MD,‡ Xinhua Yu, MD, PhD,§ Alim Khandekar, MD,|| Glenn P. Schoettle, MD,|| Samuel G. Robbins, MD,¶ Edward T. Robbins, MD,# and Jeffrey B. Gibson, MD¶ and showed a trend toward increased detection of patients with MLN Introduction: Pathologic examination of mediastinal lymph nodes metastasis, with only a modest increase in duration of surgery, and no (MLNs) after resection of non–small-cell lung cancer is critical in increase in perioperative morbidity, mortality, or hospital length of stay. the determination of prognosis and postoperative management. Although systematic nodal dissection is recommended, the quality of Key Words: Staging, Non–small-cell lung cancer, Mediastinal pathologic lymph-node staging often falls short of recommendations lymph nodes, Quality improvement, Surgical resection. in practice. We tested the feasibility of improving pathologic lymph- (J Thorac Oncol. 2012;7: 1276–1282) node staging of resectable non–small-cell lung cancer by using a pre- labeled specimen-collection kit. Methods: Case-control study with comparison of 51 resections, using a special lymph-node collection kit, with 51 controls matched for urgical resection

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Journal of Thoracic OncologyWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Aug 1, 2012

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