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- Title
Near-infrared fluorescence-guided surgery using indocyanine green facilitates secure infrapyloric lymph node dissection during laparoscopic distal gastrectomy.
- Authors
Park, Shin-Hoo; Berlth, Felix; Choi, Jong-Ho; Park, Ji-Hyeon; Suh, Yun-Suhk; Kong, Seong-Ho; Park, Do Joong; Lee, Hyuk-Joon; Yang, Han-Kwang
- Abstract
Purpose: We aimed to investigate the usefulness of near-infrared indocyanine green (ICG)-enhanced fluorescence guidance for infrapyloric LN dissection in laparoscopic distal gastrectomy. Methods: This study enrolled patients with early gastric cancer scheduled for laparoscopic distal gastrectomy. After intraoperative submucosal injection of ICG (0.1 mg/mL), LN dissection was conducted under near-infrared ICG fluorescence guidance. The operation time, bleeding events during infrapyloric LN dissection were analyzed. Cases were retrospectively 1:3 propensity-score matched to patients who underwent laparoscopic distal gastrectomy without ICG injection. Results: The mean time from midline omentectomy to exposure of the right gastroepiploic vein was significantly shorter in the ICG group (n = 20) than in the non-ICG group (n = 60) (13.05 ± 5.77 vs 18.68 ± 7.92 min; p = 0.001), and the incidence of bleeding during infrapyloric LN dissection was lower in the ICG group (20% vs 68.3%, p < 0.001). The two groups did not differ significantly regarding the number of LNs retrieved from the infrapyloric area (p = 0.434). Conclusions: Near-infrared ICG fluorescence guidance facilitates safe and fast infrapyloric LN dissection in laparoscopic distal gastrectomy.
- Subjects
LYMPHADENECTOMY; INDOCYANINE green; GASTROENTEROSTOMY; STOMACH cancer; GASTRECTOMY
- Publication
Surgery Today, 2020, Vol 50, Issue 10, p1187
- ISSN
0941-1291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00595-020-01993-w