Lymph node pick up by separate stations: Option or necessity?

Table 3 Lymph node status distribution by number of lymph nodes dissected and groups considered in the study n (%)

	Group A		Group B
	< 16 lymph nodes1dissected	≥16 lymph nodesdissected	< 16 lymph nodesdissected	≥16 lymph nodes2dissected
Lymph nodes -	132 (76.7)	40 (23.3)	59 (23.2)	195 (76.8)
Lymph nodes +	115 (50.9)	111 (49.1)	80 (17.5)	376 (82.5)
	P < 0.0001		P = 0.067

¹Information missing for 3 patients;

²Information missing for 1 patient.