Colorectal cancer and lymph nodes: The obsession with the number 12

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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2014; 20(8): 1951-1960
Published online Feb 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i8.1951

Table 4 Lymph node sampling in laparoscopic vs open approaches

	Laparoscopy		Open
	Patients	LNs	Patients	LNs
	n	n	n	n
COST[91]	435	12	428	12
Veldkamp et al[92]	627	10	621	10
Guillou et al[93]	526	12	268	13.5
Kang et al[94]	170	17	170	18
Braga et al[95]	134	14.5	134	15.3
Hewett et al[96]	294	13	298	13
Liang et al[97]	135	15.6	134	16
Leung et al[98]	203	11.1	200	12.1
Benhaim et al[99]	235	26.8	296	25.9

Only prospective or prospective randomized trials in over 250 patients. COST: Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy Study Group; LNs: Lymp nodes.

Citation: Destri GL, Carlo ID, Scilletta R, Scilletta B, Puleo S. Colorectal cancer and lymph nodes: The obsession with the number 12. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(8): 1951-1960
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i8.1951