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Is splenic hilar lymph node dissection necessary for proximal gastric cancer surgery?

Advanced proximal gastric cancer sometimes metastasizes to the splenic hilar lymph nodes (No. 10 LN). Total gastrectomy combined with splenectomy is performed for complete removal of the No. 10 LN and was historically a standard procedure in Japan. However, splenectomy is associated with several dis...

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Autores principales: Kinoshita, Takahiro, Okayama, Takafumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8034691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33860137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ags3.12413