Toward a Preoperative Classification of Lymph Node Metastases in Patients with Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors in the Era of Intestinal-Sparing Surgery

Abstract

Optimal lymphadenectomy is not always associated with extended small bowel resection. In the era of small bowel-sparing surgery, the preoperative classification of mesenteric LNs could help to standardize the surgical management of patients with siNETs.