Ever since Kitai first performed fluorescent navigation of sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) using
indocyanine green (ICG) dye with a charge‐couple device and light emitting diodes, the …

The stomach exhibits abundant lymphatic flow, and metastasis to lymph nodes is common.
In the case of gastric cancer, there is a regularity to the spread of lymph node metastasis …

Purpose Complicated gastric lymphatic drainage potentially undermines the utility of
sentinel node (SN) biopsy in patients with gastric cancer. Encouraged by several favorable …

Background: Recently, gastrointestinal cancer has also been identified as a target for
sentinel node navigation surgery (SNNS). This study is the first to determine the feasibility of …

Background To avoid unnecessary lymphadenectomy in patients with cancer accurate
diagnosis of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) is important. Methods This report examined the …

Objective: In this study, we determined the possible usefulness of sentinel node (SN)
mapping guided by indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence imaging in the management of …

Background To evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of diagnosis using sentinel node (SN)
biopsy in T1 gastric cancer, a multicenter trial was conducted by the Japan Clinical …

Background Indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence imaging has recently been reported as a
new method for sentinel node (SN) mapping in several types of cancers. In this study, we …

Background The possible application and validity of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) concept
in gastric cancer (GC) is still debated. A systematic review to evaluate the diagnostic value of …

Purpose This study assessed the feasibility of near-infrared (NIR) imaging with indocyanine
green (ICG) in investigating the completeness of laparoscopic lymph node (LN) dissection …