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ArticleBMC gastroenterology2022

Combined laparoscopic lymphoadenectomy of lateral pelvic and inguinal nodal metastases using indocyanine green fluorescence imaging guidance in low rectal cancer after preoperative chemoradiotherapy: a case report.

Yanwu Sun, Yu Lin, Zhun Liu, Weizhong Jiang, Pan Chi

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Article in BMC gastroenterology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Yanwu Sun *Department of Colorectal Surgery and General Surgery, Fujian Medical University, Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350001, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Yu Lin *Department of Colorectal Surgery and General Surgery, Fujian Medical University, Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350001, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Zhun LiuFujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Weizhong JiangDepartment of Colorectal Surgery and General Surgery, Fujian Medical University, Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350001, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Pan ChiDepartment of Colorectal Surgery and General Surgery, Fujian Medical University, Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350001, Fujian, People's Republic of China. chipan363@163.com.
Fujian Medical University · CNUnion Hospital · CN

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Abstract

backgroundIntraoperative near-infrared fluorescence (NIR) imaging with indocyanine green (ICG) can demonstrate real-time lymphatic drainage and thus improve the accuracy and completeness of lymphadenectomy in colorectal cancer surgery. However, it has not been utilized in the inguinal lymphadenectomy in rectal cancer. This study aimed to describe a case of combined laparoscopic lymphadenectomy of left lateral pelvic and inguinal nodal metastases using NIR imaging with ICG imaging guidance for a rectal cancer patient with left lateral pelvic and inguinal lymph node metastases. CASE PRESENTATION: A 26-year-old man presented rectal cancer located 7 cm from the anal verge and enlarged lymph nodes in the left inguinal area. Pretreatment workup revealed rectal cancer with left lateral pelvic and inguinal lymph node metastases. The patient received preoperative chemoradiotherapy (pCRT), including radiation (total dose of 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions) to the whole pelvis and bilateral inguinal regions together with eight cycles of FOLFOX (oxaliplatin, fluoropyrimidine, and leucovorin) and three cycles of bevacizumab targeted chemotherapy. After pCRT, both colonoscopy and MR scan revealed a significant response of the primary tumor to pCRT, while MR scan revealed enlarged left lateral pelvic and inguinal lymph nodes. After four months from the completion of radiation (2 months after the last course of bevacizumab targeted therapy), the patient underwent laparoscopic-assisted ultra-low anterior resection and lymphadenectomy of left lateral pelvic and inguinal nodal metastases using ICG-NIR fluorescence imaging. The combined procedure was performed successfully without perioperative complication. Total operative time was 480 min and estimated blood loss 50 mL. Totally 34 lymph nodes were retrieved.

conclusionsThis is the first report of the safety and feasibility of ICG-NIR fluorescence imaging-guided laparoscopic lymphadenectomy of left lateral pelvic and inguinal nodal metastases in managing low rectal cancer with lateral pelvic and inguinal LNs metastases.

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LaparoscopyRectal NeoplasmsAdultChemoradiotherapyHumansIndocyanine GreenLymph Node ExcisionMaleOptical ImagingPelvisIndocyanine GreenIndocyanine greenInguinal lymph node metastasisLaparoscopic surgeryLateral pelvic lymph node metastasisRectal cancer

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PMID35296259
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