Clinical significance and outcomes of bilateral and unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph node dissection in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A large‐scale retrospective cohort study

• Published in: Cancer medicine (Malden, MA) Vol. 11; no. 7; pp. 1617 - 1629
• Main Authors: Zhang, Shuishen, Liu, Qianwen, Li, Bin, Jia, Minghan, Cai, Xiaoli, Yang, Weixiong, Liao, Shufen, Wu, Zhongkai, Cheng, Chao, Fu, Jianhua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.04.2022; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Aged; Cancer therapies; Clinical Cancer Research; Clinical significance; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Complications; Dissection; Esophageal cancer; Esophageal Neoplasms - pathology; esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma - pathology; Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma - surgery; Esophagus; Female; Humans; inverse probability of treatment weighting; Lymph Node Excision - adverse effects; Lymph Node Excision - methods; Lymph nodes; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymph Nodes - surgery; Lymphatic Metastasis - pathology; Lymphatic system; Medical prognosis; Metastases; Metastasis; Morbidity; Ostomy; Paresis; Patients; Postoperative; Prognosis; Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve - pathology; Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve - surgery; recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph nodes dissection; Retrospective Studies; Squamous cell carcinoma; Surgeons; Thorax; Thyroid gland; Tomography; Tumors; esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; inverse probability of treatment weighting; morbidity; prognosis; recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph nodes dissection

Background The survival benefits of recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph node dissection (RLNLD) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) are still under debate, and the prognostic value of unilateral RLNLD has been rarely studied. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the clinic...