A novel device to assess the oxygen saturation and congestion status of the gastric conduit in thoracic esophagectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In thoracic esophagectomy, anastomotic leakage is one of the most important surgical complications. Indocyanine green (ICG) is the most widely used method to assess tissue blood flow; however, this technique has been pointed out to have disadvantages such as difficulty in evaluating the degree of congestion, lack of objectivity in evaluating the degree of staining, and bias easily caused by ICG injection, camera distance, and other factors. Evaluating tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) overcomes these disadvantages and can be performed easily and repeatedly. It is also possible to measure objective values including the degree of congestion. We evaluate novel imaging technology to assess tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) in the gastric conduit during thoracic esophagectomy.

SUBMITTER: Fujita T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10775575 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature