Robot-assisted fluorescent sentinel lymph node identification in early-stage colon cancer.
Daan J SikkenkAndrea J SterkenburgThijs A BurghgraefHalil AkolMatthijs P SchwartzRené ArensmanPaul M VerheijenWouter Bastiaan NagengastEsther C J ConstenPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2023)
Robot-assisted fluorescence-guided SLNi using submucosally injected ICG in ten patients with cT1-2N0M0 CC was safe and feasible. SLNi was performed in an acceptable timespan and SLNs down to 1 mm were detected. All lymph node metastases would have been detected if SLN biopsy had been performed.
Keyphrases
- robot assisted
- sentinel lymph node
- lymph node
- early stage
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- minimally invasive
- quantum dots
- computed tomography
- image quality
- living cells
- single molecule
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- ultrasound guided
- energy transfer
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- squamous cell carcinoma
- bioinformatics analysis
- locally advanced
- rectal cancer