Lymph node dissection in thymic carcinomas and neuroendocrine carcinomas.
Masatsugu HamajiMitsugu OmasaTakao NakanishiAkiyoshi NakakuraSatoshi MoritaEi MiyamotoTatsuo NakagawaSo MiyaharaMakoto SonobeMamoru TakahashiYasuji TeradaKyoko HijiyaRyota SumitomoCheng-Long HuangFumitsugu KojimaTsuyoshi ShojiNaoki DateRyo MiyataMichiharu SugaRyo NakanoboKenzo KawakamiAkihiro AoyamaHiroshi DatePublished in: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (2021)
Preoperative CT appears to play a limited role in detecting pathological LN metastases. Our findings suggest that the significance of N1- and N2-level LND should be evaluated in prospective studies to optimize the postoperative management of patients with thymic carcinomas and neuroendocrine carcinomas.