BACKGROUND: The preoperative detection of recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph node (RLN LN) @entity3 provides important information for the treatment of @entity418 . We investigated the possibility of applying endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) with conventional preoperative endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and computerized tomography (CT) examination to evaluate RLN LN @entity3 in @entity1 with @entity418 . METHODS: A total of 115 @entity1 with advanced @entity418 underwent EBUS examinations. @entity1 also underwent EUS and CT imaging as reference diagnostic methods. Positron emission tomography /computed tomography (PET/CT) was also introduced in partial @entity1 as reference method. The preoperative evaluation of RLN LN @entity3 was compared with the surgical and pathological staging in 94 @entity1 who underwent radical surgery. RESULTS: The sensitivities of the preoperative evaluations of RLN LN @entity3 by EBUS, EUS and CT were 67.6%, 32.4% and 29.4%, respectively. The sensitivity of EBUS was significantly different from that of EUS or CT, especially in the detection of right RLN LNs. In addition, according to the extra data from reference method, PET/CT was not superior to EBUS or EUS in detecting RLN LN @entity3 . Among all 115 @entity1 , 21 @entity1 who were diagnosed with tracheal invasions by EUS or EBUS avoided radical surgery. Another 94 @entity1 who were diagnosed as negative for tracheobronchial tree invasion by EUS and EBUS had no positive findings in radical surgery. CONCLUSIONS: EBUS can enhance the preoperative sensitivity of the detection of RLN LN @entity3 in cases of @entity418 and is a useful complementary examination to conventional preoperative EUS and CT, which can alert thoracic surgeons to the possibility of a greater range of preoperative lymph node dissection. EBUS may also indicate tracheal invasion in cases of esophageal stricture.

Application of Endobronchial Ultrasonography for the Preoperative Detecting Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Lymph Node XXXX of @entity418 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity418 :: ('MESH:D004938', 'Disease') :: ['esophageal cancer', 'thoracic esophageal cancer'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastasis']
@entity3 :: (MESH:D009362,Disease) :: ['Metastasis']
