Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Role of lymphadenectomy in gastric carcinoma

Ann Ital Chir. 2001 Jan-Feb;72(1):39-46.

Doglietto GB, Pacelli F, Caprino P, Papa V.

Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Divisione di Chirurgia Digestiva Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma.

Controversy still surrounds the value of extensive regional lymphnode dissection in the treatment of gastric cancer. The aim of the present paper is to give this topic a contribution through the review of the literature and the analysis of personal results.