Assessment of laparoscopic indocyanine green tracer-guided lymphadenectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer. A randomized controlled trial.
Huang Z-N, Tang Y-H, Zhong Q, Li P, Xie J-W, Wang J-B et al.
Ann Surg 2024; 279: 923-931.
In this study that included 236 patients, the number of lymph nodes retrieved was significantly higher in the indocyanine green group: 48 versus 38, P<0.001.
Comment: Clinical outcomes awaited.
30 August 2024
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