How to Distinguish Thoracic and Cervical Lymph Nodes During Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

Overview

Journal Thorac Cancer

Specialties Oncology
Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2022 Jul 19

PMID 35852040

Authors

Taidui Zeng

Maohui Chen

Bingqiang Cai

Wei Zheng

Chi Xu

Guobing Xu

Chun Chen

Bin Zheng

Affiliations

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Abstract

Purpose: In this article, we aimed to reconstruct the cervical-thoracic junction plane (CTJP) using a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction system. Thus, the CTJP can be judged during surgery to better distinguish cervical-thoracic lymph nodes.

Methods: We included patients in Fujian Medical University Union Hospital from December 2019 to March 2020. All patients underwent a thin-slice and enhanced computed tomography scan of the chest with 3D reconstruction using the IQQA system (EDDA technology) to reconstruct the CTJP, brachiocephalic trunk, right common carotid artery, and right subclavian artery. The distance from the intersection of the right subclavian artery and the CTJP to the origin of the right subclavian artery (ORSA) was measured, and the relationship between this distance and the patient's sex, BMI and height was analyzed.

Results: Seventy-three patients were enrolled, of whom 12 had ORSA above the CTJP, while 61 had ORSA below the plane. There was a significant difference in age between the two groups (p = 0.04), compared with height, weight and BMI (p > 0.05). In 61 patients with the ORSA below the CTJP, the average distance was 24.7 ± 7.6 mm. The difference between the distance and BMI (p = 0.02) was statistically significant, and it was increased with increasing BMI.

Conclusions: The relationship between the ORSA and CTJP can be clarified through 3D reconstruction. The cervical-thoracic recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph nodes can be distinguished clearly in minimally invasive esophagectomy, contributing to the accurate N staging of middle-thoracic esophageal cancer.

Citing Articles

How to distinguish thoracic and cervical lymph nodes during minimally invasive esophagectomy.

Zeng T, Chen M, Cai B, Zheng W, Xu C, Xu G Thorac Cancer. 2022; 13(17):2436-2442.

PMID: 35852040 PMC: 9436676. DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.14554.

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