Segmental gastrectomy with radical lymph node dissection for early gastric cancer

Table 3 Numbers of dissected lymph nodes according to each station (mean ± SD)

Lymph node station	SG (n = 14)	DG (n = 18)	P
Right paracardial (1)	2.0 ± 1.3	3.1 ± 1.2	0.068
Left paracardial (2)	1.1 ± 1.5	0.7 ± 1.6	0.462
Along the lesser curvature (3)	8.7 ± 4.7	10.8 ± 7.3	0.362
Along the LGEA (4sb)	1.2 ± 2.1	1.4 ± 1.9	0.754
Along the RGEA (4d)	9.2 ± 4.9	11.7 ± 4.9	0.155
Suprapyloric (5)	0.3 ± 0.6	0.6 ± 0.9	0.286
Infrapyloric (6)	3.7 ± 3.7	5.6 ± 2.6	0.118
Along the LGA (7)	3.7 ± 2.4	4.3 ± 2.7	0.473
Along the CHA (8)	2.7 ± 1.2	3.3 ± 1.5	0.232
Along the celiac axis (9)	2.8 ± 1.6	3.3 ± 2.0	0.442
Along the proximal SA (11p)	1.5 ± 1.5	2.0 ± 1.7	0.412
Along the PHA (12a)	0.5 ± 1.0	0.2 ± 0.5	0.246
Along the SMV (14v)	-	1.2 ± 2.1	-

SG: Segmental gastrectomy; DG: Distal gastrectomy; LGEA: Left gastroepiploic artery; RGEA: Right gastroepiploic artery; LGA: Left gastric artery; CHA: Common hepatic artery; SA: Splenic artery; PHA: Proper hepatic artery; SMV: Superior mesenteric vein.