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From: Long-term outcomes and safety of radical transmediastinal esophagectomy with preoperative docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil combination chemotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus

Fig. 2

Mediastinoscopic images after mediastinal dissection. Upper: complete dissection of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve and the left tracheobronchial lymph nodes (No.106recL and 106tbL, according to the Japanese Classification of Esophageal Cancer). Lower: complete dissection of the subcarinal and bilateral main bronchus lymph nodes (No. 107 and 109R and 109 L, the same as above). LMB, left main bronchus; Lt. RLN, left recurrent laryngeal nerve; RMB, right main bronchus; LIPV, left inferior pulmonary vein 

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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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