• Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China;
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Objective  To investigate the significance and surgical skill for lymphadenectomy of No.12a lymph node around proper hepatic artery in gastric cancer.
Methods  Among data of stageⅣ gastric cancer patients who received curative R0 gastrectomy, sixty-eight patients performed gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection, including No.12a lymph node were identified. Experiences and understanding of No.12a lymphadenectomy for gastric cancer were concluded.
Results  The number of dissected No. 12a lymph node was 556 (5-11 per capita,mean 8.17 per capita) in 68 patients with stageⅣ gastric cancer, and the positive lymph node of No.12a was 33.27% (185/556). There were no lymphadenectomy related complications: anastomotic leakage, lymphatic fistula, and postoperative hemorrhage in this series.
Conclusions  Being familiar with the anatomy around proper hepatic artery and intrathecal liberation of proper hepatic artery, ligation of left gastric vein and right gastric artery at its onset, and exposure of gastroduodenal artery’s root and anterior wall of portal vein are important to dissection of No.12a lymph nodes.

Citation: ZENG Yujian,LUO Huayou,TIAN Yan,SHU Ruo,CHENG Ruochuan. Signficance and Surgical Skill for Lymphadenectomy of No.12a Lymph Node in Gastric Cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2012, 19(4): 416-418. doi: Copy