Laparoscopic gastrectomy for early gastric cancer and the risk factors of lymph node metastasis

Conclusion: Tumour size, depth of invasion, morphological classification and blood vessel invasion were predictive risk factors for LNM in EGC. We propose that EGC patients with those risk factors should be accepted gastrectomy with LN dissection.

Source: Journal of Minimal Access Surgery - March 10, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Jie Jiao Peiming Guo Sanyuan Hu Qingsi He Shaozhuang Liu Haifeng Han A Maimaiti Wenbin Yu Source Type: research