Role of “Second Look” Lymph Node Search in Harvesting Optimal Number of Lymph Nodes for Staging of Colorectal Carcinoma

Table 4

Cases in which additional positive lymph nodes were found but pN stage remained the same.

Initial LN sections	Initial LN found	Initial LN positive	Additional LN sections	Additional LN found	Additional LN positive
10	14	5	7	13	1
12	9	6	4	9	2
6	6	4	16	10	1
9	11	6	11	3	1