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Polyakov A.N.
Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology
Kudashkin N.E.
Blokhin National Medical Cancer Research Center
Preliminary results of fluorescent lymphography in patients with biliary cancer undergoing liver resection
Journal: Pirogov Russian Journal of Surgery. 2025;(2): 27‑36
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To cite this article:
Polyakov AN, Korshak AV, Kotelnikov AG, et al. . Preliminary results of fluorescent lymphography in patients with biliary cancer undergoing liver resection. Pirogov Russian Journal of Surgery.
2025;(2):27‑36. (In Russ., In Engl.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/hirurgia202502127
To evaluate the diagnostic capability of intraoperative fluorescence lymphography (FLG) in detecting of sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) and lymph outflow pathways in patients with biliary cancer (BC).
From April 2023 till March 2024, ten liver resections for BC were performed using FLG. We carried out the standard lymph node dissection with additional removal of lymph nodes (LN) that have accumulated indocyanine green (ICG). The lymphatic outflow pathways in all patients and frequency of SLN invasion were evaluated.
Ten patients were included: five patients had been diagnosed with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC), two — with perichilar tumor (PT), the last three ones had gallbladder cancer (GBC). SLN No. 1 were detected in eight patients, the accumulation of ICG was detected in the following groups of LN: No. 8 (n=2), No. 13 (n=1), No. 12b (n=2), cystic lymph node (n=2), and No. 7 (n=1). SLN No. 2 was detected in seven patients. In three cases LN No. 13 were stained, in one — LN No. 12a, in another — LN No. 8. In two patients, staining of vesicular LN was noted. The combined morphological assessment of SLN No. 1 and SLN No. 2 made it possible to predict the presence of LN metastases in all patients (100%, n=3). Fluorescence of third-order LN was detected in four patients. In one case, the staining of LN No. 13 was noted. Another patient revealed accumulation of ICG in LN No. 3. In two cases, at the third stage, fluorescence of LN No. 7 was noted, while metastatic invasion of LN No. 7 was detected in one patient with IHCC.
Using FLG, it was possible to determine an alternative lymph flow outpath to LN No. 7 in three patients. The method allowed to identify and remove metastatic LN No. 7 in one case. 100% sensitivity was shown in the determination of SLN in BC in a small group of patients. It is advisable to study the sensitivity of the method in large-scale studies.
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Polyakov A.N.
Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology
Kudashkin N.E.
Blokhin National Medical Cancer Research Center
Received:
29.04.2024
Accepted:
09.07.2024
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