Table 6. Lymph node metastasis in 151 cases with left lower lung tumors.
| LN station | Left lower lobe tumors (n=151) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Mode 2 | Mode 3 | Mode 4 | Mode 5 | Mode 6 | Mode 7 | Mode 8 | Total | |
| #4L | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | 2 |
| #5–6 | − | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | 4 |
| #7 | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | + | 4 |
| #8–9 | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | 3 |
| #10–12 | − | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | 17 |
| Total | 130 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
LN, lymph node; +, lymph node with metastasis; −, lymph node without metastasis.