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Table 3.

Comparison between lymphatic vessel density and peripancreatic neural invasion

Tumor location	Specimen of pancreatic plexus	n	LVD	Positive pancreatic plexus invasion (%)
Head of pancreas	Pancreatic head plexus tissue	30	6.5 ± 3.2^*	60.0
Head of pancreas	Common hepatic artery tissue and hepatoduodenal ligament plexus tissue	22	5.2 ± 2.5	44.0
Body and tail of pancreas	Celiac plexus tissue (left)	13	8.0 ± 3.1^†	65.0
	Splenic plexus tissue	7	6.9 ± 2.9^†	25.0
	Superior mesenteric arterial plexus tissue (left)	5	3.5 ± 1.9	35.0

*P < 0.05 compared with common hepatic artery tissue and hepatoduodenal ligament plexus tissue. †P < 0.001 compared with superior mesenteric arterial plexus tissue (left). Lymphatic vessel density (LVD) data are given as the mean ± SD.