Vagina vasorum dissection during D2 lymphadenectomy for gastric carcinoma

Table 1 Pathologic grading of specimens

TNM stage	Patients (n)	Gastric arteries		%
		GLA	GRA
I	6	5	5	10.2
II	13	11	12	22.0
III	17	16	14	28.9
IV	23	23	21	38.9

GLA: Gastric left artery; GRA: Gastric right artery.

Table 2 CK positive rate in different stages of gastric cancer

TNM staging	CK		Total	CK positive rate (%)	P	P
	Positive	Negative
I	0	6	6	0		< 0.05
II	0	13	13	0
III	2	15	17	11.8	< 0.05
IV	12	11	23	52.2
Total	14	45	59	23.7

Table 3 CK positive rate for lymph nodes

Lymph node	CK		Total	CK positive rate (%)	P
	Positive	Negative
Positive	12	12	24	50.0	< 0.01
Negative	2	33	35	5.7

Table 4 CK positive rate for different locations of stomach

Location	CK		Total	CK positive rate (%)	P
	Positive	Negative
Upper	4	8	12	33.3
Middle	4	9	13	30.8
Lower	5	28	33	15.2	< 0.01
Total	13	45	58	22.4