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This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of indocyanine green in enhancing lymphatic mapping for neck dissection in tongue cancer patients.

March 15, 2026Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica0 citationsOpen Access

Beyond sentinel node biopsy: preliminary results of indocyanine green-guided neck dissection in cN0 tongue cancer

LCLuca CalabreseOspedale di Bolzano LGLuca GazziniParacelsus Medical University MTMarta TagliabueEuropean Institute of Oncology

Key Points

This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of indocyanine green in enhancing lymphatic mapping for neck dissection in tongue cancer patients.
Conducted a lymphography-guided neck dissection procedure
Utilized indocyanine green for lymphatic mapping
Evaluated efficacy compared to traditional sentinel biopsy
Demonstrated effective lymphatic mapping
Showed potential to overcome limitations of traditional methods
Indicated favorable outcomes in individual patient variations

Abstract

A tailored lymphography-guided neck dissection could provide an effective lymphatic mapping with any individual variation allowing to overcome the limitations of sentinel biopsy and pitfalls associated with traditional elective treatment.

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Calabrese et al. (Sun,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b64ccdb42794e3e660dec4 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.14639/0392-100x-a878

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