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Table 2 Surgical and histopathological findings

From: Small bowel adenocarcinomas with favorable prognoses by radical resection and adjuvant chemotherapy: a case series of five cases

Case No

1

2

3

4

5

Operative method

Partial jejunectomy, lymph node dissection

Partial jejunectomy, lymph node dissection

Partial jejunectomy, lymph node dissection

Partial jejunectomy, lymph node dissection

Partial jejunectomy, lymph node dissection

Distance from Treitz ligament

110 cm

15 cm

110 cm

10 cm

5 cm

Surgical margin (proximal, distal)

10 cm, 10 cm

15 cm, 10 cm

10 cm, 15 cm

10 cm, 15 cm

5 cm, 15 cm

Operative time

148 min

121 min

139 min

178 min

222 min

Blood loss

190 g

30 g

40 g

85 g

390 g

Postoperative complications*

None

None

None

None

None

Postoperative hospital stay

6 days

9 days

14 days

12 days

14 days

Tumor size**, mm

63 × 45, circumferential

49 × 29, circumferential

44 × 19, circumferential

75 × 44, circumferential

50 × 30, circumferential

Macroscopic classification

Type 2

Type 3

Type 2

Type 3

Type 2

Pathological feature

tub2 > tub1

tub2

por

muc, tub2, tub1, por

por >  > tub1 > tub2

Pathological Stage (UICC 8th)

pT4, pN0 (0/37), pM0, pStage IIB

pT4, pN0 (0/12), pM0, pStage IIB

pT3, pN2 (4/7), pM0, pStage IIIB

pT3, pN1 (1/16), pM0, pStage IIIA

pT4, pN2 (8/16), pM0, pStage IIIB

Venous invasion

Positive

Negative

Positive

Positive

Positive

Lymphovascular invasion

Negative

Negative

Positive

Negative

Positive

Paraneural invasion

N/A

Positive

Negative

Negative

Positive

Resection margin

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Factors of high-risk Stage II

pT4, Venous invasion

Obstruction, pT4, Paraneural invasion

  1. *Grade 3 above in Clavien–Dindo classification. **(Circumference diameter) × (Lesion length)
  2. tub1: well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma; tub2: moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma; por: poorly differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma; muc: mucinous adenocarcinoma; N/A: not available