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Table 3 Mediastinal Lymph Node Staging: EBUS-TBNA X Surgery

From: Endobronchial ultrasound in real life: primary diagnosis and mediastinal staging of lung cancer in patients submitted to thoracic surgery

EBUS-TBNA N stage

Final N stage

Number of cases

Correctly staged

0 or 1

0 or 1

180

2

2

32

3

3

1

Incorrectly staged

0 or 1

2

20

2

0 or 1

4

2

3

1

  1. EBUS-TBNA: endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration
  2. Total of patientes with NSCLC: 238
  3. True positive: 33 / True negative: 180 / False positive: 4 / False negative: 21
  4. Sensibility: 61% (CI 95% 47.8-72.9) / Specificity 97% (CI 95% 94.5-99.1) / Positive predictive value 89% (CI 95% 75.2-95.7) / Negative predictive value: 89 (CI 95% 84.5-93)
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