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- The study investigates the feasibility of using ICG fluorescence (indocyanine green) for sentinel lymph node (SN) mapping in patients with early gastric cancer during laparoscopic surgery.
- Using endoscopic techniques, ICG was injected around the tumor to visualize lymphatic flow and identify affected lymph nodes before and during surgery.
- Results showed that all six patients had successful gastrectomies, with detectable ICG-positive lymph nodes in all cases, suggesting the method could be valuable for future intraoperative applications in gastric cancer surgery.
Article Abstract
Background: The present study describes the retrospective feasibility study of ICG fluorescence SN mapping in back-table for early gastric cancer using PINPOINT.
Method: SN mapping were performed as following; the day before surgery, 0.5 ml ICG was injected endoscopically in four quadrants of the submucosa surrounding the gastric cancer using an endoscopic puncture. Intraoperatively, the gastrocolic ligament was divided to visualize all possible directions of lymphatic flow from the stomach. PINPOINT (NOVADAQ, Canada) was used to illuminate regional lymph nodes from the serosal side. Positive staining was confirmed by at least 3 surgeons and an endoscopist during surgery (Figure 1). Lymph node dissection and gastrectomy were performed according to the criteria of gastric cancer treatment guidelines of JGCA.
Result: All 6 patients had gastrectomy with laparoscopic approach. ICG positive lymphatic flow and lymph nodes were able to be observed in all the patients. Final pathological diagnosis was all StageI and curative resection. All the patients had ICG positive lymphatic area in left gastric artery (LGA) area. Two patients with tumor located in L area had ICG positive flow to right gastroepipoloic artery (RGEA) area. The mean of ICG positive lymph nodes was 8.6. One patient had a metastatic lymph node in station No.4, which was positive for ICG.
Conclusion: Our method made identification of ICG positive lymph nodes easy in SN mapping in back-table under room light. Although further accumulation and analysis are necessary, we may be able to apply this method for intraoperative SN mapping of laparoscopic gastric cancer surgey.
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