Surgical implications of mesenteric lymph node metastasis from advanced ovarian cancer after bowel resection.

Background: Studies addressing mesenteric and mesocolic lymph node metastasis in patients with advanced ovarian cancer that have undergone bowel resection are lacking.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed in a series of 50 individuals who underwent surgical cytoreduction for epithelial ovarian cancer that included bowel resection from April 2004 to September 2010.

Results: Forty-one patients had bowel resection with mesenteric lymph nodes that were suitable for analysis.