Successful video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in prone position in patients with esophageal cancer and aberrant right subclavian artery: report of three cases

Successful video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in prone position in patients with esophageal cancer and aberrant right subclavian artery: report of three cases

Abstract Background An aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) with an associated nonrecurrent right inferior laryngeal nerve (NRILN) is a relatively rare anomaly that occurs at a frequency of 0.3 to 2.0% of the general population. NRILN has been mainly documented in the head and neck region; it has...

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Main Authors: Koji Shindo, Eishi Nagai, Toshinaga Nabae, Toru Eguchi, Taiki Moriyama, Kenoki Ohuchida, Tatsuya Manabe, Takao Ohtsuka, Yoshinao Oda, Makoto Hashizume, Masafumi Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-07-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Prone position
Aberrant right subclavian artery
Nonrecurrent right inferior laryngeal nerve
Esophageal cancer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-017-0360-9

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