Prognosis of metastatic splenic hilum lymph node in patients with gastric cancer after total gastrectomy and splenectomy

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-86

  Aoyagi, Keishiro ^a   Kouhuji, Kikuo ^a   Miyagi, Motoshi ^a   Imaizumi, Takuya ^a   Kizaki, Junya ^a   Shirouzu, Kazuo ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Lymphadenectomy; Splenectomy; Total gastrectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861678617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v2.i2.81     Document Type: Article

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