Intraoperative laparoscopic detection of sentinel lymph nodes with indocyanine green and superparamagnetic iron oxide in a swine gallbladder cancer model.

Mapping of sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) can enable less invasive surgery. However, mapping is challenging for cancers of difficult-to-access visceral organs, such as the gallbladder, because the standard method using radioisotopes (RIs) requires preoperative tracer injection. Indocyanine green (ICG)...

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Main Authors: Kisyo Mihara, Sachiko Matsuda, Yuki Nakamura, Koichi Aiura, Akihiro Kuwahata, Shinichi Chikaki, Masaki Sekino, Moriaki Kusakabe, Shunichi Suzuki, Daiichiro Fuchimoto, Akira Onishi, Junko Kuramoto, Kaori Kameyama, Osamu Itano, Hiroshi Yagi, Yuta Abe, Minoru Kitago, Masahiro Shinoda, Yuko Kitagawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248531