Distribution of splenic artery lymph nodes and splenic hilar lymph nodes

Table 5 Posterior/anterior lymph node ratio

Lymph node		Case No.
		1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
↓	No. 11p	0.14	0.12	0.10	0.13	0.24	0.12	0.13
	No. 11d	0.35	0.10	0.41	0.50	0.33	0.32	0.30
Hilar side	No. 10	NA	0.63	1.33	0.50	2.42	0.00	0.93

The posterior/anterior lymph node (LN) ratio and the average of these ratios were calculated for each cadaver. Total: Sum of the number of posterior LNs in all cases divided by the sum of the number of anterior LNs in all cases. NA: Not available.