Perioperative Data
COMPLICATIONS
All patients underwent endoscopic ICG injection the day before surgery. The method of injection was according to protocol in all cases. No complications associated with the procedure were recorded. There were no new findings at preoperative EGDS compared to previous preoperative staging.Operative characteristics and postoperative data are reported in Supplementary Table 1. All patients underwent laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy. No patient required conversion to laparotomy. The median time interval between ICG injection and intraoperative NIR visualization was 22.5 (22–23) hours, adequate in all cases.