Fig. 2: Study population selection process.
From: Establishment of a machine learning model for predicting splenic hilar lymph node metastasis
Flowchart depicting the selection process for the study population. From January 2000 to December 2012, a total of 5957 patients underwent gastrectomy with nodal dissection. Of these, 798 patients underwent total gastrectomy with splenectomy for primary gastric cancer. Exclusions were made for 35 patients diagnosed with pT0 or pT1 disease, 169 patients diagnosed with pStage IV disease, and 1 patient who underwent R1 or R2 resection. The final study population consisted of 593 patients.
