Editorial
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2024.
World J Gastrointest Surg. Apr 27, 2024; 16(4): 974-981
Published online Apr 27, 2024. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i4.974
Table 2 Anatomical definitions of lymph node stations
Station
Definition
1Right paracardial lymph nodes, including those along the first branch of the ascending limb of the left gastric artery
2Left paracardial lymph nodes including those along the esophago-cardiac branch of the left subphrenic artery
33a Lesser curvature lymph nodes along the branches of the left gastric artery
3b Lesser curvature lymph nodes along the 2nd branch and distal part of the right gastric artery
44sa Left greater curvature lymph nodes along the short gastric arteries (perigastric area)
4sb Left greater curvature lymph nodes along the left gastroepiploic artery (perigastric area)
4d Right greater curvature lymph nodes along the 2nd branch and distal part of the right gastroepiploic artery
5Suprapyloric lymph nodes along the 1st branch and proximal part of the right gastric artery
6Infrapyloric lymph nodes along the first branch and proximal part of the right gastroepiploic artery down to the confluence of the right gastroepiploic vein and the anterior superior pancreatoduodenal vein
7Lymph nodes along the trunk of left gastric artery between its root and the origin of its ascending branch
88a Anterosuperior lymph nodes along the common hepatic artery
8p Posterior lymph nodes along the common hepatic artery
9Coeliac artery
10Splenic hilar lymph nodes including those adjacent to the splenic artery distal to the pancreatic tail, and those on the roots of the short gastric arteries and those along the left gastroepiploic artery proximal to its 1st gastric branch
1111p Proximal splenic artery lymph nodes from its origin to halfway between its origin and the pancreatic tail end
11d Distal splenic artery lymph nodes from halfway between its origin and the pancreatic tail end to the end of the pancreatic tail
1212a Hepatoduodenal ligament lymph nodes along the proper hepatic artery, in the caudal half between the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts and the upper border of the pancreas
12b Hepatoduodenal ligament lymph nodes along the bile duct, in the caudal half between the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts and the upper border of the pancreas
12p Hepatoduodenal ligament lymph nodes along the portal vein in the caudal half between the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts and the upper border of the pancreas
13Lymph nodes on the posterior surface of the pancreatic head cranial to the duodenal papilla
14Lymph nodes along the superior mesenteric vein
15Lymph nodes along the middle colic vessels
1616a1 Paraaortic lymph nodes in the diaphragmatic aortic hiatus
16a2 Paraaortic lymph nodes between the upper margin of the origin of the celiac artery and the lower border of the left renal vein
16b1 Paraaortic lymph nodes between the lower border of the left renal vein and the upper border of the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery
16b2 Paraaortic lymph nodes between the upper border of the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery and the aortic bifurcation
17Lymph nodes on the anterior surface of the pancreatic head beneath the pancreatic sheath
18Lymph nodes along the inferior border of the pancreatic body
19Infradiaphragmatic lymph nodes predominantly along the subphrenic artery
20Paraesophageal lymph nodes in the diaphragmatic esophageal hiatus