Reevaluation of regional lymph nodes in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in the pancreatic body and tail.
Yuki MatsuiDaisuke HashimotoSohei SatoiTomohisa YamamotoSo YamakiMitsuaki IshidaSatoshi HirookaTsukasa IkeuraMitsugu SekimotoPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2022)
Although it needs to be verified in future multicenter studies, LN of both the CA and SMA systems should be dissected in patients with Pb-PDAC. However, only those around the SPA and splenic hilus should be dissected routinely in those with Pt-PDAC.