National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital
Conditions
Brief summary
With the deeper tumor invasion, the higher LNM rate beside the bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerves(RLN) was.
Interventions
McKeown, Ivor-Lewis, and Sweet procedure
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Our predefined search strategy identified pT1N+ ESCC cases without preoperative treatment, between February 2012 and April 2022.
Exclusion criteria
* The patients were excluded because they were (1)less than 10 lymph nodes removed; (2) lacked specific sites of LNM; or (3) incomplete follow-up information.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| LNM rates of the 207 thoracic T1N+ ESCC patients. | 2012.2-2022.4 |