Clinical Signifi cance of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Exposure During Esophagogastric Anastomosis of the Neck

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical value in a comparison between intraoperative exposure and non-exposure of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) of the neck during left neck esophagogastric anastomosis following resection of carcinomas of the middle and inferior-segment esophagus. METHODS...

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Main Authors: Xiang-yang WEI, Chun-hong YANG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: China Anti-Cancer Association 2010-06-01
Series:Cancer Biology & Medicine
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