Loviscek M. Editorial sobre esofagectomía con linfadenectomía guiada por fluorescencia. Rev Argent Cir 2022;114(1):8-11
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So far, these lines of research would seem to
Although fluorescence-guided lymphadenectomy
be useful in those paꢀents with esophageal cancer with indocyanine green has so far been reported as a
stage T1-T2 and N0 in their preoperaꢀve clinical safe technique and easy to perform, it sꢀll lacks clinical
evaluaꢀon, that is, in early tumors to avoid unnecessary value for standardizaꢀon in surgical pracꢀce. Further
lymphadenectomy. For this reason, it is important to prospecꢀve mulꢀcenter trials, using standardized
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conꢀnue with this line of research .
protocols, are needed to demonstrate the results
At present, according to internaꢀonal evidence promised by this technique.
and recommendaꢀons, it would be a quesꢀonable
It is important to highlight the importance of
indicaꢀon to perform total esophagectomy for an early having started this line of research in Argenꢀna and
tumor without lymphadenectomy because of a possible for this reason I congratulate the authors of the study
absence of lymph node metastasis on intraoperaꢀve published in this issue of the journal for their effort and
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lymph node mapping.
dedicaꢀon .
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