Transcervical superior mediastinal lymph node dissection combined with transhiatal lower esophageal dissection before transthoracic esophagectomy: a safe approach for salvage esophagectomy.
Watanabe
Masayuki
M
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
Yoshida
Naoya
N
Karashima
Ryuichi
R
Sato
Nobutaka
N
Hirashima
Kotaro
K
Imamura
Yu
Y
Hiyoshi
Yukiharu
Y
Nagai
Yohei
Y
Iwagami
Shiro
S
Toyama
Eiichiro
E
Hayashi
Naoko
N
Baba
Hideo
H
D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000379:methods*