Performance of Indocyanine green for sentinel lymph node mapping and lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer: a diagnostic test accuracy meta-analysis

ConclusionsIndocyanine green for the detection of sentinel lymph node mapping demonstrates better accuracy when used in colonic cancer and by a laparoscopic approach. Nevertheless, its overall performance for the detection of lymph node metastasis is poor.
Source: Surgical Endoscopy - Category: Surgery Source Type: research