Esophageal suspension method in scavenging peripheral lymph nodes of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve in thoracic esophageal carcinoma through semi-prone-position thoracoscopy.

Objective: Many Chinese doctors have performed microinvasive esophageal cancer resection in the semi-prone position. However, few reports have focused on high-quality methods of scavenging the peripheral lymph nodes (PLNs) of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN).

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analysis was performed on 145 cases of microinvasive esophageal cancer resection in the semi-prone position.

Analysis of factors influencing skip lymphatic metastasis in pN(2) non-small cell lung cancer.

Objective: Although many clinical studies on skip lymphatic metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer have been reported, the risk factors for skip lymphatic metastasis are still controversy and debatable. This study investigated, by multivariate logistic regression analysis, the clinical features of skip metastasis to mediastinal lymph nodes (N(2)) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.

Methods: We collected the clinicopathological data of 256 pN(2)-NSCLC patients who underwent lobectomy plus systemic lymph node dissection in Fujian Medical University Union Hospital.