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Table 2 Dissemination of suspicious lymph nodes

From: Relevance of suspicious lymph nodes in preoperative imaging for resectability, recurrence and survival of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

 

All

n = 187

Resection group

n = 137

Exploration group

n = 50

p-value

Suspicious lymph nodesa

 Yes

74 (39.6%)

47 (34.3%)

27 (54%)

0.015

 No

113 (60.4%

90 (65.7%)

23 (46%)

 

SuspLN hepatoduodenal lig.

 Yes

68 (36.4%)

43 (31.4%)

25 (50%)

0.019

 No

119 (63.6%)

94 (68.6%)

25 (50%)

 

SuspLN retropancreatic

 Yes

25 (13.4%)

12 (8.8%)

13 (26%)

0.002

 No

162 (86.6%)

125 (91.2%)

37 (74%)

 

SuspLN lower curvature

 Yes

33 (17.6%)

17 (12.4%)

16 (32%)

0.002

 No

154 (82.4%)

120 (87.6%)

34 (68%)

 

SuspLN interaortocaval

 Yes

22 (11.8%)

10 (7.3%)

12 (24%)

0.002

 No

165 (88.2%)

127 (92.7%)

38 (76%)

 

SuspLN supradiaphragmal

 Yes

3 (1.6%)

0 (−)

3 (6%)

0.004

 No

184 (98.4%)

137 (100%)

47 (94%)

 
  1. a overall in any lymph node station; SuspLN Suspicious lymph nodes