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The upper esophagus was suspended with a traction line after dissociation from the trachea. The left RLN and lymph nodes remained adjacent to the trachea in situ. Then, lymph nodes and peripheral tissues (marked 1) were held by the left hand of the surgeon to separate them from the left RLN (arrows 2-3).
