Surgical experience and patient-related restrictions predict the adequacy of cervical mediastinoscopy in non-small cell lung carcinoma lymph node staging.

Surgical experience and PRR independently predict the adequacy of cervical mediastinoscopy in NSCLC lymph node staging. VAM does not independently predict the adequacy of mediastinal lymph node sampling. In light of the expected further decline in mediastinoscopy numbers, we recommend to limit this procedure exclusively to the armamentarium of the experienced thoracic surgeon.