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Understanding the surgical anatomy is the key to reducing surgical invasiveness especially in the upper mediastinal dissection for esophageal cancer, which is supposed to have a significant impact on curability and morbidity.
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Daiko, H. (2021). A Concentric-Structured Model for the Understanding of the Surgical Anatomy in the Upper Mediastinum Required for Esophagectomy with Radical Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection. In: Asunción Acosta, M., Cuesta, M.A., Bruna, M. (eds) Atlas of Minimally Invasive Techniques in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55176-6_2
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