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Updates in Surgery
Published in: Updates in Surgery 1/2015

01-03-2015 | Letter to the Editor

Metastasis in lymph nodes on the anterior pancreatic surface of the body and tail: an extremely rare finding during bursectomy in extended surgery for gastric cancer

Authors: Konstantinos Blouhos, Konstantinos A. Boulas, Anestis Hatzigeorgiadis

Published in: Updates in Surgery | Issue 1/2015

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The anterior surface of the pancreatic body and tail is a vast area which is not dissected as a standard practice in extended surgery for gastric cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate metastatic involvement of lymph nodes (LNs) on the anterior surface of the pancreatic body and tail which were dissected en block with the posterior leaf of the bursa omentalis during bursectomy in extended surgery for gastric cancer (see Fig. 1a). …
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Title
Metastasis in lymph nodes on the anterior pancreatic surface of the body and tail: an extremely rare finding during bursectomy in extended surgery for gastric cancer
Authors
Konstantinos Blouhos
Konstantinos A. Boulas
Anestis Hatzigeorgiadis
Publication date
01-03-2015
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Updates in Surgery / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 2038-131X
Electronic ISSN: 2038-3312
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-014-0276-x

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