Lymph node dissection in thymic carcinomas and neuroendocrine carcinomas.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although lymph node (LN) metastases are not uncommon in thymic carcinomas, preoperative LN evaluation, intraoperative lymph node dissection (LND) and postoperative outcomes remain unknown. The aim of this study was to elucidate the characteristics of and outcomes in patients with thymic carcinomas and thymic neuroendocrine carcinomas undergoing LND.

Methods

A retrospective chart review was performed using our multi-institutional database to identify patients who underwent resection and LND for thymic carcinoma or thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma between 1991 and 2018. An enlarged mediastinal LN was defined as having a short-axis diameter >1 cm. We assessed survival outcomes using the Kaplan-Meier analysis.

Results

N1-level LND was performed in 41 patients (5

SUBMITTER: Hamaji M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8691715 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature