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Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 3/2019

01-12-2019 | Esophageal Cancer | ASO Author Reflections

ASO Author Reflections: Is It Truly Necessary to Resect the Thoracic Duct in Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer?

Authors: Taro Oshikiri, MD, Yoshihiro Kakeji, MD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Special Issue 3/2019

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Thoracic duct (TD) resection has been recommended to harvest mediastinal lymph nodes (LNs) in the adipose tissue surrounding the TD.1 However, whether TD resection truly contributes to improve the prognosis of esophageal cancer patients is controversial.2 This clinical question was the rational for the conduct of our research.3 …
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Udagawa H, Ueno M, Shinohara H, Haruta S, Lee S, Momose K, et al. Shoud lymph nodes along the thoracic duct be dissected routinely in radical esophagectomy? Esophagus. 2014;11:204–10.CrossRef
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Matsuda S, Takeuchi H, Kawakubo H, et al. Clinical outcome of transthoracic esophagectomy with thoracic duct resection: number of dissected lymph node and distribution of lymph node metastasis around the thoracic duct. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016;95:e3839.CrossRef
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Oshikiri T, Takiguchi G, Miura S, et al. Thoracic duct resection during esophagectomy does not contribute to improved prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a propensity score matched-cohort study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2019;26:4053–61.CrossRef
Metadata
Title
ASO Author Reflections: Is It Truly Necessary to Resect the Thoracic Duct in Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer?
Authors
Taro Oshikiri, MD
Yoshihiro Kakeji, MD
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue Special Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07995-4

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