Clinical Outcome of Intraoperative Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring during Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy and Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection for Esophageal Cancer

Clinical Outcome of Intraoperative Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring during Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy and Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection for Esophageal Cancer

Mediastinal lymph dissection in esophagectomy for patients with esophageal cancer is important. The dissection of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) lymph nodes could cause RLN injury, vocal cord palsy, pneumonia, and respiratory failure. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the effects of intrao...

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Main Authors: Chang-Lun Huang, Chun-Min Chen, Wei-Heng Hung, Ya-Fu Cheng, Ruei-Ping Hong, Bing-Yen Wang, Ching-Yuan Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
esophageal cancer
esophagectomy
intraoperative nerve monitoring
recurrent laryngeal nerve
vocal cord palsy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/17/4949

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