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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 4.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Probl Surg. 2018 Oct 4;55(9):330–379. doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2018.08.004

Table 10.

Studies examining peri-hepatic lymphadenectomy in patients undergoing liver resection for metastatic colon cancer

Study (n=lymphadenectomy patients) Neoadjuvant chemo # LN harvested (range) % with (+)PHLN OS (−) PHLN OS (+) PHLN
Bennett et al. 2008 (n=59) 50/59 (85%) 3.2 (1–11) 22/59 (37%) 3-year 75% 3-year 25% (H&E+), 76% (IHC+)
Okuno et al. 2017 (n=174) 154/174 (89%) NR 54/174 (31%) 71 months 13.8 months
Nanji et al. 2016 (n=103) 22/103 (21%) 2.2 (1–15) 30/103 (29%) 46 months 25 months
Bradatsch et al. 2016 (n=20) 15/20 (75%) 5 (NR) 0/20 (0%) NR NA
Pindak et al. 2017 (n=59) 0/59 (0%) 4.6 (0–13) 7/59 (12%) 67 months 30 months

Notes: LN, lymph node; NA, not applicable; NR, not reported; OS, median overall survival; PHLN, peri-hepatic lymph node