Vascularizing lymph node dissection for advanced gastric cancer: A single-institution experience
Fang-Hai Han, Sheng-Ning Zhou, Hong-Ming Li, Yu-Long He, Wen-Hua Zhan
Fang-Hai Han, Sheng-Ning Zhou, Hong-Ming Li, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong Province, China
Yu-Long He, Wen-Hua Zhan, Department of Gastrointestinal-Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong Province, China
Author contributions: Han FH and Zhou SN contributed equally to this work; Han FH and Zhou SN designed the research; Zhan WH, He YL and Han FH performed the research; Li HM contributed new reagents or analytic tools; Zhou SN analyzed the data; Han FH and Zhou SN wrote the paper.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided verbal informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Wen-Hua Zhan, PhD, Department of Gastrointestinal-Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58 Zhongshan Erlu, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong Province, China. wh_zhan@126.com
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Received: October 11, 2015
Peer-review started: October 12, 2015
First decision: December 11, 2015
Revised: December 17, 2015
Accepted: January 17, 2016
Article in press: January 18, 2016
Published online: April 14, 2016