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Table 3 Number and distribution of observed lymphatic compartments by UML and PTD classifications for each mapping procedure

From: nPTD classification: an updated classification of gastric cancer location for function preserving gastrectomy based on physiological lymphatic flow

a. Blue dye mapping

Tumor location

All site

U

UM·MU

M

L

P

T

D

No. of patients

323

36

7

171

109

40

141

142

Distribution of basins

l-GA

81.4%

97.2%

85.7%

88.9%

64.2%

95.0%

90.8%

68.3%

r-GA

28.2%

0.0%

0.0%

17.5%

56.0%

0.0%

0.0%

64.1%

r-GEA

64.4%

0.0%

28.6%

64.9%

87.2%

0.0%

68.1%

78.9%

l-GEA

5.9%

19.4%

42.9%

5.3%

0.0%

30.0%

5.0%

0.0%

p-GA

1.5%

13.9%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

12.5%

0.0%

0.0%

 #2

2.5%

22.2%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

20.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Number of basins

 1

34.1%

58.3%

57.1%

33.9%

24.8%

52.5%

40.4%

22.5%

 2

48.3%

30.6%

28.6%

54.4%

45.9%

37.5%

55.3%

44.4%

 3

17.6%

11.1%

14.3%

11.7%

29.4%

10.0%

4.3%

33.1%

b. ICG fluorescence mapping

Tumor location

All site

U

UM·MU

M

L

P

T

D

No. of patients

93

18

6

44

25

17

35

41

Distribution of basins

l-GA

89.2%

100.0%

100.0%

93.2%

72.0%

100.0%

91.4%

82.9%

r-GA

26.9%

0.0%

0.0%

18.2%

68.0%

0.0%

0.0%

61.0%

r-GEA

58.1%

0.0%

66.7%

70.5%

76.0%

11.8%

71.4%

65.9%

l-GEA

4.3%

5.6%

50.0%

0.0%

0.0%

17.6%

2.9%

0.0%

p-GA

1.1%

5.6%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

5.9%

0.0%

0.0%

 #2

5.4%

27.8%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

29.4%

0.0%

0.0%

Number of basins

 1

33.3%

66.7%

33.3%

27.3%

20.0%

52.9%

37.1%

22.0%

 2

48.4%

27.8%

16.7%

63.6%

44.0%

29.4%

60.0%

46.3%

 3

18.3%

5.6%

50.0%

9.1%

36.0%

17.6%

2.9%

31.7%

  1. All percentage numbers represent the percentage of confirmed lymphatic flow per tumor location
  2. #2 No. 2 lymph node, l-GA left gastric artery basin, l-GEA left gastroepiploic artery basin, p-GA posterior gastric artery basin, r-GA right gastric artery basin, r-GEA right gastroepiploic artery basin