Feasibility study of fluorescence imaging for sentinel lymph node detection using indocyanine green in head and neck cancer.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Head and neck cancer
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000042312
- Lead Sponsor
- Kitasato University School of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Brief Summary
Sentinel lymph nodes were visualized in all eight cases. Two cases showed occult metastases on both sentinel and regional nodes. The identification and false negative rates were 100% and 0%, respectively. There were no complications incurred due to this method.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 8
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1. Recurrent disease 2. Hypersensitivity to indocyanine green or indigocarmine 3. Poorly controlled hypertension 4. Women in pregnancy or breast-feeding
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The detection accuracy of the sentinel lymph nodes
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Complications 2. Metastasis of the regional lymph nodes