Visualized Evaluation of Blood Flow to the Gastric Conduit and Complications in Esophageal Reconstruction

摘要

BACKGROUND: Evaluation of the blood supply to gastric conduits is critically important to avoid complications after esophagectomy. We began visual evaluation of blood flow using indocyanine green ( ICG) fluorescent imaging in July 2015, to reduce reconstructive complications. In this study, we aimed to statistically verify the efficacy of blood flow evaluation using our simplified ICG method.