Table 2.

Comparisons of the numbers of harvested lymph nodes and the duration of lymph node harvest and mapping between the two groups

	Group F	Group C	P value
Total number of harvested nodes	45.9 (21-82)	44.3 (20-89)	NS
Number of the left gastric artery, area nodes (No. 1, 3a, 7)	16.9 (8-29)	14.1 (7-26)	NS
Number of the right gastric artery, area nodes (No. 3b, 5)	2.2 (0-9)	2.8 (0-10)	NS
Number of the right gastroepiploic, artery area nodes (No. 4d, 6)	16.9 (7-27)	16.8 (8-39)	NS
Time for harvesting and mapping (min)	38.2 (25-55)	101.1 (50-160)	< 0.0001

All numerical data are mean (range). NS: No significance; Group F: Fat dissociation group; Group C: Conventional harvesting group.