Impact of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging on Lymphadenectomy Quality During Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer (Greeneye): An Adaptative, Phase 2, Clinical Trial.

Carlo SpositoMarianna MasperoValeria ConalbiAndrea MagarottoMichele AltomareCarlo BattistonPaolo CantùVincenzo Mazzaferro

Published in: Annals of surgical oncology (2023)

NIR visualization improves the quality of D2 lymphadenectomy in distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Considering the limited improve in the number of harvested lymph nodes, its real oncological benefit is still questionable.

Keyphrases

lymph node
fluorescence imaging
robot assisted
minimally invasive
clinical trial
photodynamic therapy
sentinel lymph node
early stage
lymph node metastasis
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
quality improvement
prostate cancer
study protocol
radical prostatectomy
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer
phase ii
double blind