[Rates of metastatic affections of mediastinal nodes during pulmonary metastasectomy]. / Cetnost metatastického postizení mediastinálních uzlin behem plicní metastasektomie.

ABSTRACT

OBJECT The aim is the evaluation of lymph node metastasis rate during pulmonary metastasectomy harvested by technique of systematic mediastinal lymphadenectomy in year 2009-2010. METHODS: We performed systematic mediastinal lymphadenectomy (the same technique as in non-small cell lung cancer) during pulmonary metastasectomy. RESULTS: There was found lymph node metastasis in four cases from 70 patients. The rate of metastatic involved mediastinal lymph node 5.7% harvested during lung metastasectomy is on lower limit of published interval. We expected higher lymph node involvement in lung metastasis of colorectal origin.