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Purpose To investigate the value of thoracoscopic surgery in radical esophagectomy with three-field lymphadenectomy. Materials and method The subjects were 329 consecutive patients who, without preoperative chemoradiotherapy, underwent R0 radical esophagectomy with three-field lymphadenectomy for thoracic squamous cell esophageal cancers during 1998–2013. Open thoracotomy was applied in 212 (O),...
Background Although dissection of mediastinal lymph nodes along the thoracic duct is included in standard radical esophagectomy, it is not routinely performed because of the undesirable hemodynamic effects. This study aims to investigate whether dissection of the nodes along the thoracic duct has prognostic benefits. Methods A total of 778 consecutive patients who underwent radical esophagectomy...
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