Keishi Okubo1, Yoshikazu Uenosono2,3, Takaaki Arigami2,3, Daisuke Matsushita2, Shigehiro Yanagita2, Takashi Kijima2, Masahiko Amatatsu2, Sumiya Ishigami2, Kosei Maemura2, Shoji Natsugoe2,3. 1. Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan. ok0627@m2.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp. 2. Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan. 3. Molecular Frontier Surgery, Course of Advanced Therapeutics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The sentinel node (SN) detection by dual tracer method using indocyanine green (ICG) and a radioisotope (RI) has been recommended for early gastric cancer. However, institutions are limited due to radioactivity in the RI method. The greatest advantage of the RI method is that it objectively assesses RI uptake as a numerical value. The aim of the present study was to verify the usefulness of ICG fluorescence intensity in SN. METHODS: Seventeen patients with early gastric cancer were enrolled in this study. RI uptake by each lymph node was measured using Navigator GPS and fluorescence nodes were identified using the hyper eye medical system (HEMS). Fluorescence intensity in fluorescence nodes was evaluated using ICG intensity imaging software (Mizuho, Japan) of the HEMS. RESULTS: The total number of dissected lymph nodes was 227, with an average of 13.3 per patient. The numbers of HN, FN-S, and FN-B were 64, 77, and 34. RI uptake was significantly greater by FN-S than by non-FN-S (P = 0.0016). The median fluorescence intensity value was higher in HN than in non-HN (P < 0.001). A correlation was observed between RI uptake and fluorescence intensity. Dissecting FNs with fluorescence intensity levels of 1-6 resulted in 92.1% dissection of HNs. CONCLUSION: It is possible that the evaluation of fluorescence intensity is useful for selected SNs instead of RI tracer. If fluorescence intensity is measurable in surgery, an infrared fluorescence method using ICG may be useful and safe for the detection of SN in early gastric cancer.
BACKGROUND: The sentinel node (SN) detection by dual tracer method using indocyanine green (ICG) and a radioisotope (RI) has been recommended for early gastric cancer. However, institutions are limited due to radioactivity in the RI method. The greatest advantage of the RI method is that it objectively assesses RI uptake as a numerical value. The aim of the present study was to verify the usefulness of ICG fluorescence intensity in SN. METHODS: Seventeen patients with early gastric cancer were enrolled in this study. RI uptake by each lymph node was measured using Navigator GPS and fluorescence nodes were identified using the hyper eye medical system (HEMS). Fluorescence intensity in fluorescence nodes was evaluated using ICG intensity imaging software (Mizuho, Japan) of the HEMS. RESULTS: The total number of dissected lymph nodes was 227, with an average of 13.3 per patient. The numbers of HN, FN-S, and FN-B were 64, 77, and 34. RI uptake was significantly greater by FN-S than by non-FN-S (P = 0.0016). The median fluorescence intensity value was higher in HN than in non-HN (P < 0.001). A correlation was observed between RI uptake and fluorescence intensity. Dissecting FNs with fluorescence intensity levels of 1-6 resulted in 92.1% dissection of HNs. CONCLUSION: It is possible that the evaluation of fluorescence intensity is useful for selected SNs instead of RI tracer. If fluorescence intensity is measurable in surgery, an infrared fluorescence method using ICG may be useful and safe for the detection of SN in early gastric cancer.
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