ArticleSurgery today2007
Salvage lymphadenectomy of the right recurrent nerve node with tracheal involvement after definitive chemoradiation therapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: report of two cases.
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- Combined organ resection for esophageal cancer invading adjacent organs is becoming a safe and curative procedure.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Patient selection for salvage surgery after definitive chemoradiotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2020Observational
- Long-term outcome after resection for recurrent oesophageal cancer.Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Article
- Secondary tracheal tumors: a systematic review.Annals of cardiothoracic surgery · 2018Review
- Salvage photodynamic therapy accompanied by extended lymphadenectomy for advanced esophageal carcinoma: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2017Article
- Esophagectomy via left thoracotomy for esophageal cancer with situs inversus totalis: report of a case.Surgery today · 2008Article
- Salvage lymphadenectomy for recurrent esophageal cancer after chemoradiotherapy.International surgeryArticle
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Abstract
Thoracic esophageal cancers frequently metastasize to the right recurrent nerve nodes (RRNNs). In fact, huge RRNNs invading the trachea sometimes remain after definitive chemoradiation therapy (CRT), despite complete remission of the primary lesion. We performed salvage lymphadenectomy of a large RRNN combined with partial resection of the trachea in two patients. Using an anterior approach, we removed part of the sternum, clavicle, and the first and second costal cartilage; then, we removed the RRNNs with combined resection of the lateral quarter circumference of the trachea, the esophageal wall, and the recurrent nerve. Reconstruction was done with a musculocutaneous patch of major pectoral muscle to cover the tracheal defect. The only minor complication was venous thrombosis in one patient. Thus, combined removal of the RRNN and trachea was performed safely as a salvage operation after definitive CRT for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
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