Intra-Nodal Indocyanine Green Injection to Delineate Thoracic Duct During Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.
Vaibhav Kumar VarshneyRaghav NayarSubhash Chandra SoniB SelvakumarPawan Kumar GargPeeyush VarshneyPushpinder Singh KheraPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2022)
Intra-nodal ICG injection before MIE helps to identify the TD in real-time and is a valuable intra-operative aid to prevent or successfully manage a TD injury. It may help to prevent the dreaded complication of post-operative chylothorax after esophagectomy.