Clinical impact of D3 lymph node dissection with left colic artery (LCA) preservation compared to D3 without LCA preservation: Exploratory subgroup analysis of data from JCOG0404.

Tomonori Akagi Masafumi InomataTakao HaraJunki MizusawaHiroshi KatayamaDai ShidaMasayuki OhueMasaaki ItoYusuke KinugasaYoshihisa SaidaTadahiko MasakiSeiichiro YamamotoTsunekazu HanaiShigeki YamaguchiMasahiko WatanabeKenichi SugiharaHaruhiko FukudaYukihide KanemitsuSeigo Kitano

Published in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2020)

Short- and long-term outcomes tend to be better in Group A than Group B, indicating that preservation of LCA could be an alternative treatment.

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