ArticleSurgery today2020
Correlation between indocyanine green visualization time in the gastric tube and postoperative endoscopic assessment of the anastomosis after esophageal surgery.
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- Indocyanine green fluorescence imaging for evaluating blood flow in the reconstructed conduit after esophageal cancer surgery.Surgery today · 2022Pooled it
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- Impact of indocyanine green fluorescence angiography on esophagogastric anastomotic leakage after Ivor Lewis esophagectomy.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Modification of the lesser curvature incision line enhanced gastric conduit perfusion as determined by indocyanine green fluorescence imaging and decreased the incidence of anastomotic leakage following esophagectomy.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2025Article
- Blood flow evaluation of reconstructed gastric tube in esophageal surgery using near-infrared imaging and retrospective time-intensity curve analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Article
- Benefit of a laparoscopic jejunostomy feeding catheter insertion to prevent bowel obstruction associated with feeding jejunostomy after esophagectomy.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Quantification of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging in General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Wider Gastric Conduit Morphology Is Associated with Improved Blood Flow During Esophagectomy.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023Article
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- Intraoperative fluorescence imaging in esophagectomy and its application to the robotic platform: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022Review
- Anastomotic Leak: Toward an Understanding of Its Root Causes.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2021Review
- Real-time fluorescence image-guided gastrointestinal oncologic surgery: Towards a new era.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2021Review
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the correlation between blood supply speed in the gastric tube (GT), assessed by the intraoperative indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence method, and postoperative endoscopic assessment (PEA) of the anastomosis or anastomotic leakage (AL).
methodsThe subjects of this retrospective analysis were 66 consecutive patients who underwent GT reconstruction using ICG fluorescence during esophageal surgery. We measured the ICG visualization time, from ICG injection to visualization at the top of the GT. We performed PEA on 54 patients and classified ulcer formation as involving less than or more than half of the circumference.
resultsPEA revealed that nine patients (16.7%) had an anastomotic ulcer involving more than half of the circumference and ten (15.4%) had AL. The ICG visualization time in these patients was significantly delayed compared with that in those with less than half of the circumference involved by ulcer formation (37 s vs. 27 s; P = 0.015) and without AL (36 s vs. 28 s; P = 0.045). Multivariate analysis revealed that delay in the ICG visualization time (> 36 s) of the pulled-up GT (odds ratio, 6.098; 95% confidence interval, 1.125-33.024; P = 0.036) was an independent risk factor associated with AL.
conclusionDelay in the ICG visualization time of pulled-up GT was associated with ulcer formation on the anastomosis and AL after esophageal surgery.
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