Gastrocolic Ligament Lymph Node Dissection for Transverse Colon and Hepatic Flexure Colon Cancer: Risk of Nodal Metastases and Complications in a Large-Volume Center

J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 Nov;24(11):2658-2660. doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04705-4. Epub 2020 Jul 14.

Shenghui Huang^#^{1

2}, Xiaojie Wang^#^{1

2}, Yu Deng^#¹, Weizhong Jiang^{1

2}, Ying Huang^{3

4}, Pan Chi^{5

6}

¹ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350001, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China.
² Training center of minimally invasive surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
³ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350001, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. [email protected].
⁴ Training center of minimally invasive surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China. [email protected].
⁵ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350001, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. [email protected].
⁶ Training center of minimally invasive surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China. [email protected].

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: Colon cancer; D3 lymph node dissection; Gastrocolic ligament; Hepatic flexure; Infrapyloric nodes; Transverse colon.