This report describes the surgical procedure consisting of larynxpreserving resection of the cervical esophagus and satisfactory lymphadenectomy. The sternum was split at the level of the 3rd intercostal space, which allowed an upper-mediastinal lymphadenectomy to be performed easily. The cervical e
Larynx-Preserving Limited Resection and Free Jejunal Graft For Carcinoma of the Cervical Esophagus
✍ Scribed by Hiroshi Miyata, Makoto Yamasaki, Tsuyoshi Takahashi…
- Book ID
- 120773087
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 229 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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