Thoracoscopic esophagectomy with left recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring for thoracic esophageal cancer in a patient with a right aortic arch: a case report

Thoracoscopic esophagectomy with left recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring for thoracic esophageal cancer in a patient with a right aortic arch: a case report

Abstract Background Surgery for cases of thoracic esophageal cancer with a right aortic arch is rare, and the anatomic abnormalities in such patients necessitate a different surgical approach. Since the position of the recurrent laryngeal nerve often differs from the usual in these cases, the lymph...

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Main Authors: Yamato Ninomiya, Junya Oguma, Soji Ozawa, Kazuo Koyanagi, Akihito Kazuno, Miho Yamamoto, Kentaro Yatabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-03-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Esophageal cancer
Right aortic arch
Thoracoscopic esophagectomy
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Intraoperative nerve monitoring
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-020-00819-8

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