https://www.selleckchem.com/products/santacruzamate-a-cay10683.html The intraoperative cytology turnaround and total response times were equal with a mean of 4.35 minutes (range 2-15). The mean frozen section turnaround and response times were 26.2 (range 9-61) and 36.7 minutes (range 16-90), respectively. A statistically significant difference between intraoperative cytology and frozen section turnaround time and total response times (p< 0.001) was found. This study highlights that intraoperative cytology could be as accurate and considerably faster (p< 0.001) than frozen section during video-assisted thoracic surgery. Total response time could potentially be used as a quality metric for video-assisted thoracic surgery. This study highlights that intraoperative cytology could be as accurate and considerably faster (p less then 0.001) than frozen section during video-assisted thoracic surgery. Total response time could potentially be used as a quality metric for video-assisted thoracic surgery. The thoracic lymphadenectomy during an esophagectomy for esophageal cancer includes resection of the thoracic duct (TD) compartment containing the thoracic duct lymph nodes (TDLN). However, the role of TD compartment resection is still a topic of debate since metastatic TDLNs have only been demonstrated in squamous cell carcinomas in Eastern esophageal cancer patients. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the presence and metastatic involvement of TDLNs in a Western population, in which adenocarcinoma is the predominant type of esophageal cancer. From July 2017 to May 2020 all consecutive patients undergoing an open or robot-assisted transthoracic esophagectomy with concurrent lymphadenectomy and resection of the TD compartment in the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands and the Città della Salute e della Scienza University Hospital in Turin, Italy were included. The TD compartment was resected en bloc and was separated in the operation room by the ope