Esophageal cancer with right vertebral artery variation observed during thoracoscopic esophagectomy: a case report.
Yuta SatoYoshihiro TanakaTakeharu ImaiYuji HatanakaNaoki OkumuraNobuhisa MatsuhashiTakao TakahashiKazuhiro YoshidaPublished in: BMC surgery (2021)
Long right vertebral artery may appear in the surgical field of the thoracoscopic esophagectomy. Knowledge of such anatomical variation is important to prevent iatrogenic injury of the right vertebral artery and the right reccurent laryngeal nerve.