Open AccessRelationship between celiac artery variation and number of lymph nodes dissection in gastric cancer surgery
Author(s) -
Guang-Chuan Mu,
Yuan Huang,
Zhiming Liu,
Zhibai Chen,
Xianghua Wu,
XinGan Qin,
Yanjun Zeng
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1948-5204
DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v11.i6.499
Subject(s) - medicine , celiac artery , lymphadenectomy , left gastric artery , lymph , lymph node , common hepatic artery , dissection (medical) , univariate analysis , cancer , superior mesenteric artery , artery , gastrectomy , radiology , gastroenterology , surgery , pathology , multivariate analysis
Radical D2 lymphadenectomy for advanced gastric cancer as a standard procedure has gained global consensus. Mounting studies have shown that the number of lymph nodes dissection directly affects the prognosis and recurrence of gastric cancer. Our previous study showed that there was no obvious lymph node around the abnormal hepatic artery derived from the superior mesenteric artery.