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Table 6 Regional lymph node metastasis status of 39 patients with or without the metastasis of the lymph nodes around the PGA

From: Clinical study of the posterior gastric artery and the lymph nodes around it in patients with gastric cancer

Regional lymph node

n

Lymph nodes around the PGA with metastasis

[n (%)]

P-value

(Fisher’s exact test)

No.1

  

0.331

 Negative

32

1 (3.1)

 

 Positive

7

1 (14.3)

 

No.2

  

1.000

 Negative

36

2 (5.6)

 

 Positive

3

0 (0.0)

 

No.3

  

0.028

 Negative

32

0 (0.0)

 

 Positive

7

2 (28.6)

 

No.4sa

  

1.000

 Negative

37

2 (5.4)

 

 Positive

2

0 (0.0)

 

No.4sb

  

1.000

 Negative

38

2 (5.3)

 

 Positive

1

0 (0.0)

 

No.7

  

0.413

 Negative

30

1 (3.3)

 

 Positive

9

1 (11.1)

 

No.8a

  

0.197

 Negative

35

1 (2.9)

 

 Positive

4

1 (25.0)

 

No.9

  

0.101

 Negative

37

1 (2.7)

 

 Positive

2

1 (50.0)

 

No.11

  

0.020

 Negative

33

0 (0.0)

 

 Positive

6

2 (33.3)

 
  1. P-value < 0.05 is considered as significant difference
  2. Abbreviations: PGA Posterior gastric artery