Selective versus routine lymphadenectomy in the treatment of liver metastasis from colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study.

BMC Surg · 2017 · PMC5381135 · PMID 28376753

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Overall, only one lymph node was sampled in 5 patients in the cohort with selective lymphadenectomy. Postoperative morbidity We found a higher rate of postoperative complications in the group of patients undergoing routine lymphadenectomy (13.63%) compared to the group of patients with selective lymphadenectomy (8.69%), but this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.36).

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