Combined Intraoperative Identification and Monitoring of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paresis during Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Surgical Technique Using Nerve Integrity Monitoring for Esophageal Carcinoma

Recurrent laryngeal palsy occurs after No. 106 rec RL lymphadenectomy procedure, which is assumed to cause postoperative respiratory complications. A 71-year-old Japanese man with T1b N0 M0 stage 1 esophageal cancer was scheduled for thoracoscopic esophagectomy with two-field lymph node dissection u...

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Main Authors: Toshikatsu Nitta, Masaru Kawai, Jun Kataoka, Masato Ohta, Keitaro Tashiro, Takashi Ishibashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2020-11-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/510209