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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2016; 22(19): 4750-4756
Published online May 21, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i19.4750
Published online May 21, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i19.4750
pTis, T1-4 | P value | χ2 | pTis, T1-2 | P value | χ2 | ||||
Open (n = 324) | MIE (n = 123) | Open (n = 69) | MIE (n = 112) | ||||||
Upper mediastinum | R-RLN | 71 | 10 | 0.001 | 11.416 | 6 | 9 | 0.876 | 0.024 |
L-RLN | 30 | 4 | 0.032 | 4.578 | 7 | 4 | 0.0452 | ||
Upper para-esophagus | 40 | 2 | 0.001 | 12.034 | 1 | 2 | 0.9992 | ||
Subcarinal and parabronchial | Subcarinal | 36 | 11 | 0.505 | 0.445 | 5 | 8 | 0.979 | 0.001 |
Left and right parabronchial | 30 | 11 | 0.918 | 0.011 | 5 | 9 | 0.847 | 0.037 | |
Mid and low para-esophagus and diaphragm | Mid and lower para-esophagus | 59 | 10 | 0.008 | 6.939 | 6 | 9 | 0.876 | 0.024 |
Diaphragm | 3 | 1 | 0.910 | 0.013 | 1 | 1 | 0.9991 | ||
Intraperitoneal | Para-cardial | 42 | 13 | 0.426 | 0.634 | 8 | 12 | 0.854 | 0.034 |
Lesser gastric curvature | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0421 | ||||
Left gastric artery | 51 | 13 | 0.163 | 1.944 | 8 | 13 | 0.998 | 0.001 |
- Citation: Ye B, Zhong CX, Yang Y, Fang WT, Mao T, Ji CY, Li ZG. Lymph node dissection in esophageal carcinoma: Minimally invasive esophagectomy vs open surgery. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(19): 4750-4756
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v22/i19/4750.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i19.4750