title: Transcervical superior mediastinal lymph node dissection combined with transhiatal lower esophageal dissection before transthoracic esophagectomy: a safe approach for salvage esophagectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karashima
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirashima
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Yukiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hiyoshi
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwagami
authors.forename: Eiichiro
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Toyama
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baba
mesh_terms: 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*