The Value of Lymph Node Dissection of Indocyanine Green-guided Near-infrared Fluorescent Imaging in Esophagectomy
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-10-30
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Summary
Indocyanine green (ICG) has been recently introduced in clinical practice as a fuorescent
tracer. Lymphadenectomy is particularly challenging in esophageal cancer surgery, owing to
the complex anatomical drainage.Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore whether
the NIR-ICG imaging system could accurately assess the lymph node markers during radical
resection of esophageal cancer.