Open AccessImproved Survival for Patients With Upper and/or Middle Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastasis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lower Thoracic Esophagus Treated With 3-Field Dissection
Author(s) -
Hiroyasu Igaki,
Yuji Tachimori,
Hoichi Kato
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000118562.97742.29
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , mediastinum , lymph node , dissection (medical) , esophagectomy , mediastinal lymph node , lymph , carcinoma , esophageal cancer , surgery , radiology , survival rate , metastasis , cancer , pathology
To evaluate the outcomes with 2 and 3 lymph node dissection for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lower thoracic esophagus at a single institution.