Table 1 Results of real‐time EBUS‐TBNA in 502 patients with mediastinal lymph nodes by location.

Lymph node station	Nodes (n)	Lymphocytes positive (n)	Diagnosis established from biopsy (n)	Nodes diagnosed (%)
2R	53	49	48	91
2L	40	36	36	90
3	35	33	32	91
4R	86	81	81	94
4L	77	75	74	96
7	127	123	122	96
10R	39	37	36	92
10L	43	42	42	97
11R	40	36	36	90
11L	33	29	28	88
Total	572	541	535	93.5