caa a22 4500 463199316 CHVBK 20180406164931.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00276-007-0257-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00276-007-0257-6 Extramural lymphatic drainage from the thoracic esophagus based on minute cadaveric dissections: fundamentals for the sentinel node navigation surgery for the thoracic esophageal cancers [Elektronische Daten] [Hiroyuki Saito, Tatsuo Sato, Masaru Miyazaki] In order to elucidate the lymphatic pathways from the thoracic esophagus, minute dissection of five adult cadavers, from the neck through the diaphragm, was performed. Peri-esophageal lymphatics were dissected from both the anterior and posterior aspects. The topographical differences between the right and left lymphatic drainage were revealed. The right lymphatic drainage system (RDS) was basically longitudinal and multi-stationed. Longitudinal lymphatics were relatively poorly developed in the left lymphatic drainage system (LDS), and direct drainage to the thoracic duct from the left wall of the thoracic esophagus, was frequently observed. The right uppermost thoracic paratracheal node received almost all levels of the right esophageal wall, and this node was thought to be the key node in the RDS. A contralateral lymphatic pathway was relatively frequently observed in the middle and lower thoracic esophagus. These results seemed to be in agreement with the anatomical and clinicopathological data in the literature, and might serve as a basis for sentinel node navigation surgery for the thoracic esophageal cancers. Springer-Verlag, 2007 Regional anatomy nationallicence Esophageal neoplasms nationallicence Lymphatic metastases nationallicence Surgical procedures, Operative nationallicence Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy nationallicence Saito Hiroyuki Department of Surgery, Gyoda General Hospital, 376 Mochida, Gyoda, Saitama, Japan aut Sato Tatsuo Functional Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan aut Miyazaki Masaru Department of General Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan aut Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy Springer-Verlag 29/7(2007-10-01), 531-542 0930-1038 29:7<531 2007 29 276 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-007-0257-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-007-0257-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Saito Hiroyuki Department of Surgery, Gyoda General Hospital, 376 Mochida, Gyoda, Saitama, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sato Tatsuo Functional Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Miyazaki Masaru Department of General Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy Springer-Verlag 29/7(2007-10-01), 531-542 0930-1038 29:7<531 2007 29 276 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer