Search for: [Abstract = "sted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy\) was described by Witte in 2007. In this method the excision of lymph nodes is done from the cervical access using the video technique. The second method that allows to remove lymph nodes from the cervical approach is TEMLA \(Transcervical extended mediadistinal limphadenectomy\), introduced in 2005 by Zieliński et al. The method is hybrid and it is a combination of a classic technique with videomediastinoscopy, and in the second stage the pulmonary resection is performed. TEMLA allows for the removal of lymph nodes within groups 1, 2L, 4L, 2R, 4R, 5, 6, 7, and in some cases it is also possible to remove group 8 lymph nodes. The number of lymph nodes removed in the BML technique was statistically greater than in the clasic technique. The percentage of patients who underwent BML and positive N2 lymph nodes was 14.28% and in the presented analysis, no statistical difference was found between the studied groups. The percentage of patients with N2 nodes in the TEMLA technique was 18.11% \(50 patients\). When performing extended lymphadenectomy in the BML technique, the average numer of nodes removed was 24.7, in the VAMLA 20.7 and TEMLA technique 37.9. The difference between the BML and TEMLA techniques is due to the greater technical possibilities of using the mediastinoscope. The average operation time for the BML technique is 318.87 minutes."]

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