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Prognosis of metastatic splenic hilum lymph node in patients with gastric cancer after total gastrectomy and splenectomy
Keishiro Aoyagi, Kikuo Kouhuji, Motoshi Miyagi, Takuya Imaizumi, Junya Kizaki, Kazuo Shirouzu, Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan
Author contributions: Aoyagi K, Management of the research and analysis of the data; Kouhuji K Chief of gastric cancer group and instructor of the research, Miyagi M, Clinical work, Imaizumi T, Clinical work, Kizaki J, Clinical work, Shirouzu K, Chairman of department of surgery and adviser of the research.
Correspondence to: Dr. Keishiro Aoyagi, MD, Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-mach, Kurume City, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan. keishiro@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
Telephone: +81-942-353311 Fax: +81-942-340709
Received: March 13, 2009
Revised: September 10, 2009
Accepted: September 17, 2009
Published online: February 27, 2010
Revised: September 10, 2009
Accepted: September 17, 2009
Published online: February 27, 2010
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