Association between indocyanine green fluorescence blood flow speed in the gastric conduit wall and superior mesenteric artery calcification: predictive significance for anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy.
Kazuo KoyanagiSoji OzawaYamato NinomiyaJunya OgumaAkihito KazunoKentaro YatabeTadashi HiguchiMiho YamamotoPublished in: Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society (2020)
This study demonstrated that ICG fluorescence blood flow speed in the gastric conduit wall can predict anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy and microvascular perfusion of capillary vessels of the gastric conduit might be impaired by systemic atherosclerosis.