Vascularizing lymph node dissection for advanced gastric cancer: A single-institution experience

Figure 1 Eligibility and exclusion. VLND: Vascularizing lymph node dissection; NVLND: Non-vascularizing lymph node dissection.

Figure 2 Vascularizing (A) and non-vascularizing lymph node dissection (B). Yellow lines indicate the dissection planes around the vessels.

Figure 3 Surgical field of a case that underwent partial D2 gastrectomy with vascularizing lymph node dissection.

Figure 4 Survival analysis. A: Overall survival of VLND and NVLND groups; B: Survival according to Bormann type; C: Survival according to type of differentiation; D: Survival according to lymph node status. VLND: Vascularizing lymph node dissection; NVLND: Non-vascularizing lymph node dissection.