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Publication Name World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology
Manuscript ID 123679
DOI 10.4251/wjgo.123679
Country China
Category Medicine, General & Internal
Manuscript Type Retrospective Cohort Study
Article Title Preoperative endoscopic indocyanine green-guided fluorescence imaging improves lymph node retrieval after radical gastrectomy
Manuscript Source Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List Xin-Fu Song, Ming-Xu Luo, Yi-Hui Lei, Xiao-Qing Huang and Yun-Ling Zhuang
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Funding Agency Grant Number
Xiamen Natural Science Foundation Project 3502Z202374080
Corresponding Author Yun-Ling Zhuang, Department of Anesthesiology, Xiamen Humanity Hospital, No. 3777 Xianyue Road, Xiamen 361000, Fujian Province, China. zyl901202@126.com
Key Words Gastric cancer; Laparoscopic gastrectomy; Indocyanine green; Lymph node ratio; Log odds of metastatic lymph nodes; Near-infrared fluorescence imaging; Retrospective cohort study; Propensity score matching; Submucosal injection
Core Tip In 280 patients with stage I-III gastric cancer undergoing laparoscopic D2 gastrectomy, preoperative endoscopic submucosal indocyanine green injection with intraoperative near-infrared fluorescence navigation significantly improved total lymph node retrieval and metastatic node detection compared with white-light surgery. Pathological upstaging was more frequent. At 12 months, overall survival and disease-free survival were higher with indocyanine green; because follow-up was limited to a 12-month landmark, these survival findings should be interpreted as early signals that require confirmation with longer follow-up.
Citation Song XF, Luo MX, Lei YH, Huang XQ, Zhuang YL. Preoperative endoscopic indocyanine green-guided fluorescence imaging improves lymph node retrieval after radical gastrectomy. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2026; In press
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