[Fluorescence lymphoscopy with sentinel lymph node biopsy in research of lymphatic flow in early gastric cancer].

Objective: To analyze the incidence and risk factors of regional lymph node metastatic lesions, as well as patterns of lymphatic drainage in early gastric cancer using indocyanine green (ICG).

Material And Methods: A prospective single-center non-randomized study included 67 patients with early gastric cancer between 2016 and 2019. All patients underwent endoscopic dissection or surgical resection with sentinel lymph node biopsy.