Blood flow evaluation of reconstructed gastric tube in esophageal surgery using near-infrared imaging and retrospective time-intensity curve analysis

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PURPOSE: Near-infrared fluorescence imaging using indocyanine green (ICG-NIFI) can visualize a blood flow in reconstructed gastric tube; however, it depends on surgeon's visual assessment. The aim of this study was to re-analyze the ICG-NIFI data by an evaluator independent from the surgeon and feasibility of creating the time-intensity curve (TIC).

METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 97 patients who underwent esophageal surgery with gastric tube reconstruction between January 2017 and November 2022. From the stored ICG videos, fluorescence intensity was examined in the four regions of interest (ROIs), which was set around the planned anastomosis site on the elevated gastric tube. After creation the TICs using the OpenCV library, we measured the intensity starting point and time constant and assessed the correlation between the anastomotic leakage.

RESULTS: Postoperative leakage occurred for 12 patients. The leakage group had significantly lack of blood flow continuity between the right and left gastroepiploic arteries (75.0% vs. 22.4%; P < 0.001) and tended to have slower ICG visualization time assessed by the surgeon's eyes (40 vs. 32 s; P = 0.066). TIC could create in 65 cases. Intensity starting point at all ROIs was faster than the surgeon's assessment. The leakage group tended to have slower intensity starting point at ROI 3 compared to those in the non-leakage group (22.5 vs. 19.0 s; P = 0.087).

CONCLUSION: A TIC analysis of ICG-NIFI by an independent evaluator was able to quantify the fluorescence intensity changes that the surgeon had visually determined.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:409

Enthalten in:

Langenbeck's archives of surgery - 409(2024), 1 vom: 11. März, Seite 90

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yamamoto, Nao [VerfasserIn]
Kitagawa, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]
Orihashi, Kazumasa [VerfasserIn]
Yokota, Keiichiro [VerfasserIn]
Namikawa, Tsutomu [VerfasserIn]
Seo, Satoru [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Esophagus
Gastric tube
IX6J1063HV
Indocyanine Green
Indocyanine green
Journal Article
Near-infrared fluorescence
Time-intensity curve

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Date Completed 13.03.2024

Date Revised 13.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00423-024-03284-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369561813