Table 5 Distributions of mean numbers of TDLNs, PDLNs, and NDLNs and the mean positive rates in 42 N(+) CRC patients based on the number of TDLNs
From: A reappraisal of lymph node dissection in colorectal cancer during primary surgical resection
Sub-groups | No. of accumulative cases | No. of TDLNs (mean) | No. of PDLNs (mean ) | Positive rate (Mean, %) | No. of NDLNs (Mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 42 | ||||
TDLNs ≥ 4 | 42 | 21.2 | 6.2 | 31.5 | 15.0 |
TDLNs ≥ 6 | 41 | 21.6 | 6.3 | 31.0 | 15.4 |
TDLNs ≥ 7 | 40 | 22.0 | 6.4 | 31.4 | 15.6 |
TDLNs ≥ 9 | 38 | 22.8 | 6.7 | 32.3 | 16.1 |
TDLNs ≥ 10 | 34 | 24.4 | 6.9 | 29.5 | 17.6 |
TDLNs ≥ 13 | 31 | 25.8 | 7.2 | 29.1 | 18.6 |
TDLNs ≥ 14 | 30 | 26.3 | 7.4 | 29.9 | 18.8 |
TDLNs ≥ 16 | 28 | 27.1 | 7.4 | 27.7 | 19.8 |
TDLNs ≥ 17 | 26 | 28.0 | 7.7 | 28.6 | 20.3 |
TDLNs ≥ 18 | 24 | 28.9 | 7.8 | 27.8 | 21.1 |
TDLNs ≥ 19 | 23 | 29.4 | 8.1 | 28.5 | 21.3 |
TDLNs ≥ 20 | 20 | 31.0 | 8.6 | 28.8 | 22.4 |
TDLNs ≥ 21* | 19 | 31.5 | 8.9 | 29.8 | 22.6 |
TDLNs ≥ 23 | 17 | 32.8 | 8.9 | 28.3 | 23.9 |
TDLNs ≥ 24 | 15 | 34.1 | 8.3 | 24.5 | 25.7 |
TDLNs ≥ 25 | 14 | 34.8 | 8.2 | 23.3 | 26.6 |
TDLNs ≥ 27 | 12 | 36.4 | 8.4 | 22.5 | 28.0 |
TDLNs ≥ 28 | 10 | 38.3 | 9.4 | 24.4 | 28.9 |
TDLNs ≥ 29 | 9 | 39.4 | 8.7 | 20.8 | 30.8 |
TDLNs ≥ 30 | 8 | 40.8 | 9.5 | 22.5 | 31.3 |
TDLNs ≥ 34 | 7 | 42.3 | 10.7 | 25.3 | 31.6 |
TDLNs ≥ 35 | 6 | 43.7 | 12.3 | 29.0 | 31.3 |
TDLNs ≥ 36 | 5 | 45.4 | 12.2 | 27.3 | 33.2 |
TDLNs ≥ 41 | 4 | 47.8 | 10.5 | 21.0 | 37.3 |
TDLNs ≥ 47 | 3 | 50.0 | 13.0 | 25.5 | 37.0 |
TDLNs ≥ 51 | 2 | 51.5 | 17.0 | 33.0 | 34.5 |
TDLNs ≥ 52 | 1 | 52.0 | 22.0 | 42.3 | 30.0 |