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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2016; 22(8): 2424-2433
Published online Feb 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i8.2424
Table 3 The incidence of lymph node metastases of remnant gastric cancer and primary proximal gastric cancer in the splenic hilar region, around the splenic artery, in the lower mediastinum, and in the jejunal mesentery
Ref.No. of patientsSplenic hilar(No. 10)Splenic artery(No. 11)Lower mediastinum
Jejunal mesentery lymph node metastases
No. 110No. 111
Sasako et al[59] 1991RGC5215.2%23.5%--15.2%
PPGC65610.4%10.4%---
Ikeguchi et al[60] 1994RGC200%25.0%--10.0%
PPGC26611.3%15.4%---
Thorban et al[57] 2000RGC47----31.9%
PPGC498-----
Tanigawa et al[8] 2002RGC328.3%9.1%-50.0%60.0%
PPGC31016.7%21.7%-6.7%-
Han et al[61] 2003RGC6760.0%72.3%-50.0%16.7%
PPGC------
Schaefer et al[24] 2007RGC19----22.2%
PPGC194-----
Li et al[62] 2012RGC8321.4%14.2%33.3%33.3%54.5%
PPGC30036.4%16.7%13.6%13.0%-
Komatsu et al[63] 2012RGC3312.1%---67.0%
PPGC2076.8%----
Leo et al[31] 2014RGC17610.0%7.1%--46.4%
PPGC------