[Indications for extensive lymphadenectomy in stomach cancer]

The examination of lymph nodes of 64 preparations removed in resections of the stomach and gastrectomies associated with extensive lymphadenectomy has shown that for invasive forms of gastric cancer extensive lymphadenectomy should be fulfilled with ablation of lymph nodes adjacent to major parietal vessels: hepatic, splenic, superior mesenterial arteries, celiac trunk, aorta, inferior vena cava and portal vein.