Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Manuscript ID	16162
Country	Italy

Received	2014-12-31 08:41
Peer-Review Started	2015-01-02 18:38
To Make the First Decision	2015-01-20 13:29
Return for Revision	2015-02-04 08:38
Revised	2015-03-02 00:00
Second Decision	2015-04-01 15:15
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2015-04-14 16:40
Articles in Press	2015-04-14 16:41
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Typeset the Manuscript	2015-05-15 14:28
Publish the Manuscript Online	2015-05-18 11:10

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Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Cohort Study
Article Title	Lymph node pick up by separate stations: Option or necessity?
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Paolo Morgagni, Oriana Nanni, Elisa Carretta, Mattia Altini, Luca Saragoni, Fabio Falcini and Domenico Garcea
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Paolo Morgagni, MD, Department of General Surgery, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Via Forlanini 34, 47121 Forlì, Italy. p.morgagni@ausl.fo.it
Key Words	Gastric cancer; Lymph node; Separate station pick up; Lymphadenectomy
Core Tip	Lymph node retrieval in the operating theater after surgical resection is a common practice in Eastern Asia. When applied in the west, the procedure permits a higher number of lymph nodes to be detected, thus improving tumor staging. In the present multicenter study in which the participating centers used different surgical procedures, patients who were submitted to accurate lymph node pick up showed better survival than those were not. Although we are aware that this procedure cannot improve survival, we believe that it can identify patients submitted to a more accurate treatment.
Publish Date	2015-05-18 11:10
Citation	Morgagni P, Nanni O, Carretta E, Altini M, Saragoni L, Falcini F, Garcea D. Lymph node pick up by separate stations: Option or necessity? World J Gastrointest Surg 2015; 7(5): 71-77
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v7/i5/71.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v7.i5.71

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