A Strategy for Supraclavicular Lymph Node Dissection Using Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Lymph Node Status in Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The status of the RLN LN can be an indicator of supraclavicular LN dissection in upper esophageal cancer patients and advanced cases of middle and lower esophageal cancer patients. Bilateral supraclavicular LN dissection should be recommended even when only unilateral RLN LN metastasis occurs.