The True False Negative Rates of Esophageal and Endobronchial Ultrasound in the Staging of Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Robert J. Cerfolio, MD, Ayesha S. Bryant, MSPH, MD, Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, MD, MHS, Paul A. Frederick, BS, Douglas J. Minnich, MD, Kevin C. Harbour, MD, Mark T. Dransfield, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 90, Issue 2, Pages 427-434 (August 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.04.062 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Study algorithm. (CT = computed tomography; EBUS = endobronchial ultrasonography; EUS = esophageal ultrasonography; LN = lymph node; maxSUV = maximum standardized uptake value; NSCLC = non-small cell lung cancer; PET = positron emission tomography; VATS = video-assisted thoracoscopy.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 427-434DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.04.062) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) results. (EUS = esophageal ultrasonography; FN = false negative; med = mediastinoscopy; LTF = lost to follow up; OSH = outside hospital; pts = patients; VATS = video-assisted thoracoscopy.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 427-434DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.04.062) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Endoscopic esophageal ultrasonography (EUS) results. (EBUS = endobronchial ultrasonography; FN = false negative; med = mediastinoscopy; pts = patients; VATS = video-assisted thoracoscopy.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 427-434DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.04.062) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Mediastinoscopy results. (EBUS = endobronchial ultrasonography; EUS = esophageal ultrasonography; FN = false negative; LN = lymph node; pts = patients; VATS = video-assisted thoracoscopy.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 427-434DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.04.062) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions