title: Reply to "How should we define the no. 3b lesser curvature lymph node?"
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8501, Japan. shinohara@hyo-med.ac.jp.|Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. shinohara@hyo-med.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1397-8046
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shusuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haruta
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisahiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hosogi
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohkura
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Harushi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Udagawa
mesh_terms: D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms