Thoracoscopic salvage esophagectomy with prophylactic mediastinal lymph node dissection after definitive chemoradiotherapy for patients with esophageal cancer.
Tetsuya AbeHironori FujiedaEiji HigakiKoji KomoriSeiji ItoYasuhiro ShimizuPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2024)
Regarding short-term outcomes, prophylactic mediastinal lymph node dissection for patients undergoing thoracoscopic salvage esophagectomy was as safe as prophylactic dissection for patients undergoing conventional thoracoscopic esophagectomy. R0 surgery and pN0 are important factors for long-term survival in patients undergoing thoracoscopic salvage esophagectomy.