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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Dec 10;99(2):399–405. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.018

Table 3.

Summary of Lymph Nodes (LNs) Sampled

Open
(N=117)
VATS
(N=156)
Total
(N=273)
Number of LN stations sampled 0.07
  Mean (SD) 2.8 (2.2) 2.3 (2.3) 2.6 (2.3)
  Median 3.0 2.0 3.0
  Range (0–10) (0–8) (0–10)
Total number of LNs sampled 0.33
  Mean (SD) 8.3 (6.7) 7.4 (5.6) 7.8 (6.1)
  Median 6 5 6
  Range (1.0–40) (1.0–30) (1.0–40)

LNs= Lymph Nodes; SD= standard deviation