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Review
. 2018 Apr;10(4):2481-2489.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.03.175.

Chinese expert consensus on mediastinal lymph node dissection in esophagectomy for esophageal cancer (2017 edition)

Hui Li  1 , Wentao Fang  2 , Zhentao Yu  3 , Yousheng Mao  4 , Longqi Chen  5 , Jie He  6 , Tiehua Rong  7 , Chun Chen  8 , Haiquan Chen  9 , Keneng Chen  10 , Ming Du  11 , Yongtao Han  12 , Jian Hu  13 , Jianhua Fu  7 , Xiaobin Hou  14 , Taiqian Gong  15 , Yin Li  16 , Junfeng Liu  17 , Shuoyan Liu  18 , Lijie Tan  19 , Hui Tian  20 , Qun Wang  19 , Jiaqing Xiang  9 , Meiqing Xu  21 , Xin Ye, Bin You, Renquan Zhang  22 , Yan Zhao  1 ; Society of Esophageal Tumor, Chinese Anti-Cancer Association
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Review

Chinese expert consensus on mediastinal lymph node dissection in esophagectomy for esophageal cancer (2017 edition)

Hui Li et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Apr.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Comparison of the Chinese version of naming and grouping mediastinal lymph nodes with the AJCC/UICC and the JES systems for esophageal cancer. *, “C” represents Chinese standards and “2-” represents thoracic lymph nodes. AJCC, American Joint Committee of Cancer; UICC, Union for International Cancer Control; JES, Japan Esophageal Society.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Diagram of the Chinese version of naming and grouping of mediastinal lymph nodes in esophageal cancer: (A) anterior view; (B) right side view. “C” represents Chinese nomenclature, and “2-” represents thoracic lymph nodes. Station C201, right recurrent laryngeal nerve nodes; Station C202, left recurrent laryngeal nerve nodes; Station C203, upper thoracic paraesophageal lymph nodes; Station C204, right thoracic paratracheal lymph nodes; Station C205, subcarinal lymph nodes; Station C206, middle thoracic paraesophageal lymph nodes; Station C207, lower thoracic paraesophageal lymph nodes; Station C208, inferior pulmonary ligament lymph nodes; Station C209, paradiaphragmatic lymph nodes.
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