Effect of Fluorescence Lymph Node Mapping on Improving Diagnostic Values of CT D3 Lymph Node Staging for Right-Sided Colon Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

This study evaluated the impact of fluorescence lymph node mapping (FLNM) using indocyanine green (ICG) on the diagnostic accuracy of preoperative computed tomography (CT) in right-sided colon cancer.

Methods

A total of 218 patients who underwent laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with D3 lymph node dissection (LND) were analyzed: 86 patients in the FLNM group and 132 in the conventional surgery group. The FLNM technique allowed for enhanced intraoperative visualization of lymph node (LN) and more precise dissection, improving the identification of metastatic LNs. The diagnostic value of preoperative CT staging was assessed in both the FLNM and control groups by calculating the apparent prevalence, true prevalence, sensitivity, specificity, positive predi

SUBMITTER: Son GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11505676 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature