Laparoscopic splenic hilar lymph node dissection for advanced gastric cancer: to be or not to be.

ABSTRACT: The incidence of proximal gastric cancer has increased in both the East and the West. Although some novel reconstructions like double-tract or double-flap anti-reflux procedure related to proximal gastrectomy are promising, total radical gastrectomy still accounts for a significant portion of these procedures. D2 radical gastrectomy is the globally accepted standard surgical procedure for advanced gastric cancer, and lymph node (LN) dissection is considered as the critical point of radical surgery and closely related to the prognosis. The splenic hilar LNs (No. 10) are LNs that need to be removed during standard D2 surgery for proximal and total gastrectomy. Lymphadenectomy does not only provide valuable information on the prognosis of gastric cancer, but the thoroughness of the sweep itse

SUBMITTER: Ma Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6694238 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature