The ratio of the length from the incisor to the tumor to the height predict recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph node metastasis in patients with thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
CONCLUSIONS: LH is a useful predictive tool in the evaluation of RLN LN metastasis for esophageal cancer. The present findings support the result that LH can be an indicator of RLN LN dissection.
PMID: 32456390 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Chirurgica - Category: Surgery Tags: Minerva Chir Source Type: research
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