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From: Thoracoscopic and hand assisted laparoscopic esophagectomy with radical lymph node dissection for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in the left lateral decubitus position: a single center retrospective analysis of 654 patients

Fig. 2

The view after each component of the thoracic dissection. a After dissection of the right recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph nodes: the arrow indicates the right recurrent laryngeal nerve. b After dissection of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph nodes: arrow indicates the cardiac branch of the sympathetic nerve and the arrowhead indicates the left recurrent laryngeal nerve. c After dissection of the subcarinal and main bronchus lymph nodes. d After dissection of lower mediastinal lymph nodes. ESO: esophagus, Crus: crus of the diaphragm, AO: aortic arch

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