Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer in a Patient with Left Pulmonary Artery Sling.

CONCLUSIONS: The presence of LPAS in esophageal cancer surgery makes it difficult to dissect the left RLN nodes. We could safely perform curative esophagectomy for an ESCC patient with LPAS using the cervicothoracoscopic approach. PMID: 31832916 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31832916?dopt=Abstract

Source: Ann Oncol - December 11, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Takahashi K, Okamura A, Amada E, Otake R, Kozuki R, Toihata T, Imamura Y, Watanabe M Tags: Ann Surg Oncol Source Type: research