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In patients with NSCLC, lymph node metastases are an important prognostic factor. Despite an accurate pre-operative work up, for optimal staging an intrapulmonary- and mediastinal lymph node dissection (LND) as part of the operation is mandatory. The aim of this study is to assess the completeness of LND in patients undergoing an intended curative resection for NSCLC in the Netherlands and to compare performance between open surgery and minimally invasive surgery (MIS). The intraoperative LND was evaluated in 7460 patients who had un