Table 1.
Incidence of lateral wall pelvic lymph node metastasis in locally advanced rectal cancer.
| References | Number of cases | Incidence LPLN metastasis |
|---|---|---|
| Kinugasa et al. (14) | 944 | 22% |
| Takahashi et al. (15) | 764 | 8.60% |
| Fujita et al. (16) | 204 | 11.90% |
| Ueno et al. (17) | 244 | 17.30% |
| Min et al. (5) | 151 | 23.80% |
| Fujita et al. (18) | 351 | 7% |
| Matsumoto (19) | 387 | 15.50% |
| Quadros et al. (20) | 102 | 17% |
| Ogawa et al. (21) | 222 | 20.30% |
| Ogawa et al. (21) | 230 | 17% |
| Sugihara et al. (22) | 930 | 13.80% |
| Kobayashi et al. (23) | 784 | 14.90% |
| Fujita et al. (24) | 210 | 22.40% |
| Akiyoshi et al. (25) | 5,789 | 11.30% |