Lymph node dissection during sublobar resection, quantitative or qualitative?

Results of D2 gastrectomy for gastric cancer: lymph node chain dissection or multiple node resection?

BACKGROUND Eastern literature is remarkable for presenting survival rates for surgical treatment of gastric adenocarcinoma superior to those presented in western countries. AIM To analyze the long-term result after D2 gastrectomy for gastric cancer. METHODS Two hundred seventy four underwent gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection as exclusive treatment. The inclusion criteria were: 1) ly...

Lymph Node Dissection

Gastric cancer remains as one of the leading causes of death worldwide (Yoshida et al., 2004). Middle third and distal cancers tend to decline worldwide. However, in the western populations proximal gastric cancers tend to increase even though the incidence of those cancers stays the same in Japan. Today, the incidence of early gastric cancer has reached above 50% in Japan while in the west two...

VATS lymph node dissection.

Arm lymphoscintigraphy after axillary lymph node dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer

PURPOSE Compare the lymphatic flow in the arm after breast cancer surgery and axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) versus sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) using lymphos-cintigraphy (LS). PATIENTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study with 39 women >18 years who underwent surgical treatment for unilateral breast cancer and manipulation of the axillary lymph node chain through either ALND or SL...

Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection.

OBJECTIVES Primary objective of the present article is to evaluate the surgical efficiency of the laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in clinical stage I and II testis tumor. Secundary, objective is the description of the technique used by the author. METHODS A description of the author's experience and review of the literature in terms of feasibility, oncological results and ...