Incidence and Predictors of Unsuspected Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Lymph Node Metastases After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

• Published in: World journal of surgery Vol. 42; no. 8; pp. 2485 - 2492
• Main Authors: Li, Zhi-Gang, Zhang, Xiao-Bin, Wen, Yu-Wen, Liu, Yun-Hen, Chao, Yin-Kai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.08.2018; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Adult; Aged; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - secondary; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - surgery; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - therapy; Cardiac Surgery; Chemoradiotherapy; Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant; Chemotherapy; Dissection; Esophageal cancer; Esophageal Neoplasms - pathology; Esophageal Neoplasms - surgery; Esophageal Neoplasms - therapy; Esophagectomy - adverse effects; Esophagus; Female; Females; General Surgery; Humans; Incidence; Lymph; Lymph Node Excision - methods; Lymph nodes; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymph Nodes - surgery; Lymphatic Metastasis - pathology; Lymphatic system; Male; Males; Mediastinum; Mediastinum - pathology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metastases; Middle Aged; Morbidity; Original Scientific Report; Patients; Radiation; Radiation dosage; Radiation therapy; Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve - surgery; Regression analysis; Retrospective Studies; Squamous cell carcinoma; Subgroups; Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Thorax; Vascular Surgery

Background Radical lymph node (LN) dissection along the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) area carries a substantial morbidity rate, and its usefulness in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT)-treated esophageal cancer patients remains unclear. Methods This study was conducted in two Asian thoracic sur...