ArticleInternational journal of colorectal disease2015
Effect of preoperative colonoscopic tattooing on lymph node harvest in T1 colorectal cancer.
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- The Role of Carbon Nanoparticles as Lymph Node Tracers in Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of preoperative endoscopic tattooing on lymph node retrieval in colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2023Pooled it
- Inking outside the box: systematic review on the utility of tattooing lesions in rectal cancer.International journal of colorectal disease · 2022Pooled it
- Preoperative endoscopic tattoo marking improves lymph node retrieval in laparoscopic rectal resection: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of coloproctology · 2023Article
- Widespread anorectal lymphovascular networks and tissue drainage: analyses from submucosal India ink injection and indocyanine green fluorescence imaging.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2021Article
- Regional lymph nodes distribution pattern in central area of right-sided colon cancer: in-vivo detection and the update on the clinical exploration.American journal of cancer research · 2021Article
- A study of using carbon nanoparticles to improve lymph nodes staging for laparoscopic-assisted radical right hemicolectomy in colon cancer.International journal of colorectal disease · 2018Article
- Factors influencing the number of retrieved lymph nodes after colorectal resection: a retrospective study from a single institute.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2018Article
- Performance measures for lower gastrointestinal endoscopy: a European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) quality improvement initiative.United European gastroenterology journal · 2017Review
- Endoscopic tattooing of early colon carcinoma enhances detection of lymph nodes most prone to harbor tumor burden.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Article
- Assessment of lymph node involvement in colorectal cancer.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2016Review
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to identify the impact of preoperative colonoscopic tattooing (PCT) on lymph node harvest in T1 colorectal cancer patients. MATERIAL AND
methodsOne hundred and forty-three patients were included who underwent curative resection and were diagnosed with T1 colorectal cancer. These patients were categorized into the tattooing group and the non-tattooing group depending on whether preoperative India ink tattooing was done. Clinicopathological findings and lymph node harvest were compared between the two groups.
resultsThe median number of lymph nodes examined was 18 in the tattooing group and 13 in the non-tattooing group (p < 0.001). The rate of adequate lymph node harvest (retrieval of more than 12 lymph nodes) was higher in the tattooing group than that in the non-tattooing group (83.7 vs. 58.5 %, p = 0.002). The PCT was significantly associated with adequate lymph node harvest in multivariate analysis (hazard ratio, 3.8; 95 % confidence interval, 1.5-9.2; p = 0.003). Among the 40 patients who showed at least one carbon particle-containing lymph nodes, the positive lymph node rate was not different between carbon-containing LNs (0.9 %) and non-carbon-containing LNs (1.7 %).
conclusionsPCT was associated with higher lymph node yield in T1 colorectal cancer. It is questionable if tattooing has additional detection power as a sentinel lymph node mapping tool in T1 colorectal cancer.
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