Table 1.

The relationship between site of celiac lymph nodes and degree of metastasis

Degree of celiac lymphatic metastasis
Site of celiac lymph nodesNumber of detected lymph nodesNumber of metastasized lymph nodesNumber of metastasized lymph nodes/detected nodes
Right cardia316‘ 3333/316(10.4)
Left cardia2912828/291 (9.6)
Lesser curvature of stomach5234444/523 (8.4)
Greater curvature of stomach3862121/386 (5.4)
Left gastric artery576126126/576 (21.9)
Common hepatic artery2561717/256 (6.6)
Celiac artery2171515/217(6.9)
Splenic hilus17644/176 (2.3)
Lienal artery18688/186 (4.3)
Hepatoduodenal ligament2541616/254 (6.3)