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Report of two Cases with Metastasis in Lymph NodesAlong the Posterior Leaf of the Bursa Omentalis at the Area of the Pancreatic Body, an Area not Routinely Examined in Standard Gastrectomy Plus Bursectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer

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  1. Department of General Surgery, General Hospital of Drama, End of Hippokratous Street, 66100, Drama, Greece

    Konstantinos Blouhos, Konstantinos A. Boulas, Nikolaos Barettas, Michail Aftzoglou & Anestis Hatzigeorgiadis

  2. D’ Surgical Department, “G. Papanikolaou” Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Konstantinos Tsalis

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Blouhos, K., Boulas, K.A., Tsalis, K. et al. Report of two Cases with Metastasis in Lymph NodesAlong the Posterior Leaf of the Bursa Omentalis at the Area of the Pancreatic Body, an Area not Routinely Examined in Standard Gastrectomy Plus Bursectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer. J Gastrointest Canc 47, 436–441 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-015-9756-6

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