eprintid: 10080333 rev_number: 22 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/08/03/33 datestamp: 2019-08-23 16:37:45 lastmod: 2021-09-26 22:50:58 status_changed: 2019-08-23 16:37:45 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Soares, AS creators_name: Lovat, LB creators_name: Chand, M title: Intracorporeal lymph node mapping in colon cancer surgery ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C10 divisions: D16 divisions: G88 keywords: Colon cancer, Fluorescence, Lymph node, Mapping note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: INTRODUCTION: The best approach to lymphadenectomy in colon cancer is still unknown. The debate has centred around different options of standardised "one size fits all" lymph node harvest techniques. A different approach is tailoring lymph node harvest to the patient's lymphatic drainage pattern. // METHODS: A technique for individualised lymph node mapping is proposed, which can guide the surgeon intraoperatively. It consists in the intracorporeal injection of 10 mg of indocyanine green at 4 points in the periphery of the colonic tumour. A near infrared camera is used to assess the fluorescence after specimen mobilisation but before extraction, allowing lymphadenectomy based on the patient's own lymphatic drainage. // RESULTS: a video demonstration of the technique and preliminary results in 6 patients is presented in this short report. // CONCLUSION: intracorporeal lymph node mapping is feasible and safe. Further studies are required to determine the place of this technique in modern oncologic colon surgery. date: 2019-12 date_type: published official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2019.07.013 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1678706 doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.07.013 pii: S0748-7983(19)30550-5 lyricists_name: Chand, Manish lyricists_name: Lovat, Laurence lyricists_id: MKCHA65 lyricists_id: LBLOV52 actors_name: Lovat, Laurence actors_name: Dinza, Jasvinder actors_id: LBLOV52 actors_id: JDINZ69 actors_role: owner actors_role: impersonator full_text_status: public publication: European Journal of Surgical Oncology volume: 45 number: 12 pagerange: 2316-2318 issn: 0748-7983 citation: Soares, AS; Lovat, LB; Chand, M; (2019) Intracorporeal lymph node mapping in colon cancer surgery. European Journal of Surgical Oncology , 45 (12) pp. 2316-2318. 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.07.013 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2019.07.013>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10080333/1/Intracorporeal_lymphatic_mapping_manuscript_UCL.pdf