Fig. 1

Schematic diagram of lymph node station. LN, lymph node; 1 right cardiac nodes; 2 left cardiac nodes; 3 nodes along the lesser curvature; 4 nodes along the greater curvature; 5 suprapyloric nodes; 6 infrapyloric nodes; 7 nodes along root left gastric artery; 8 nodes along common hepatic artery; 9 nodes around celiac axis; 10 nodes at splenic hilum; 11 lymph nodes along the proximal SA; 12 nodes at the hepatoduodenal ligament; 13 nodes on the posterior surface of the pancreatic head; 14 lymph nodes along the SMA or superior mesenteric vein; 15 nodes along the middle colic vein; 16a lymph nodes around the abdominal aorta for the upper margin of the celiac trunk to the lower margin of the LRV; 16b lymph nodes around the abdominal aorta from the upper margin of the LRV to the aortic bifurcation; 110 lymph nodes in the lower thoracic paraesophageal; 20 lymph nodes in the esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm [46]