Minimally invasive oesophagectomy with extended lymph node dissection and thoracic duct resection for early-stage oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

CONCLUSION: Extended TMIE including thoracic duct resection increased the number of lymph nodes retrieved and was associated with improved survival in patients with cT1 N0 oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. PMID: 32077101 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32077101?dopt=Abstract

Source: The British Journal of Surgery - February 19, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Matsuda S, Kawakubo H, Takeuchi H, Hayashi M, Mayanagi S, Takemura R, Irino T, Fukuda K, Nakamura R, Wada N, Kitagawa Y Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research