title: Complete dissection of the lymph nodes located along and at the roots of the left gastroepiploic vessels during distal gastrectomy.
abstract: Achieving complete dissection of the lymph nodes located at the roots of the left gastroepiploic vessels is difficult when distal gastrectomy is the surgical goal; firstly, because the short gastric vessels must be preserved to supply blood to the remnant stomach; and also, because the roots of the left gastroepiploic vessels at the splenic hilus are obscured intraoperatively by adipose tissues. We describe herein a technique which enables complete and easy dissection of the lymph nodes located along and at the roots of the left gastroepiploic vessels.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaizaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muto
mesh_terms: D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*