Lymph Node Dissection in Curative Gastrectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer
Figure 2
Lymph node dissection according to the Japanese gastric cancer treatment guideline 2010 of the 3rd edition reproduced form [14] with permission. D1 distal gastrectomy consists of LN dissection of station nos. 1, 3, 4sb, 4d, 5, 6, and 7 and D1 total gastrectomy consists of station nos. 1–6 and 7 (blue circle). Yellow circles indicate the lymph nodes that belong to D1+, and red circles indicate those to D2.
