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Table 3.

Lymph node (LN) metastasis in the stage III patients (n = 57).

Stage III		FLNM Group, n (%)	Control Group, n (%)	p Value
Percolic LNs metastasis	negative	2 (12.5)	0	0.075
Percolic LNs metastasis	positive	14 (87.5)	41 (100)	0.075
ICA LNs metastasis	negative	8 (50.0)	35 (85.4)	0.005
ICA LNs metastasis	positive	8 (50.0)	6 (14.6)	0.005
MCA LNs metastasis	negative	12 (75.0)	34 (82.9)	0.496
MCA LNs metastasis	positive	4 (25.0)	7 (17.1)	0.496
Total D3 LNs metastasis	negative	6 (37.5)	30 (73.2)	0.012
Total D3 LNs metastasis	positive	10 (62.5)	11 (26.8)	0.012

FLNM, fluorescence lymph node mapping; LN, lymph node; ICA, ileocolic artery; MCA, middle colic artery.