Sentinel node navigation surgery in gastric cancer: Current status

Table 1 Lymph node stations of the stomach

Lymph nodestations	Anatomic location	Group	Lymphadenectomy
1	Right cardia	N1	D1
2	Left cardia
3	Lesser curvature
4	Greater curvature
4a	Short gastric vessels
4b	Left gastroepiploic vessels
4c	Right gastroepiploic vessels
5	Suprapyloric
6	Infrapyloric
7	Left gastric artery	N2	D2(N1 + N2)
8	Common hepatic artery
9	Celiac trunk
10	Splenic hilus
11	Splenic artery
12	Hepatoduodenal ligament	N3	D3(N1 + N2 + N3)
13	Posterior surface of the head of the pancreas
14	Root of the mesentery
14A	Superior mesenteric artery
14V	Superior mesenteric vein
15	Para-aortic	N4	D4(N1 +N2 + N3 +N4)
16	Paracolic