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World J Clin Cases. Aug 6, 2024; 12(22): 4924-4931
Published online Aug 6, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i22.4924
Efficacy and prognostic analysis of carbon nanotracers combined with the da Vinci robot in the treatment of esophageal cancer
Fen-Qiang Qi, Yan Sun
Fen-Qiang Qi, Yan Sun, Cardiothoracic Surgery, The fourth affiliated hospital of Guangxi medical university/Liuzhou workers hospital, Liuzhou 545005, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Author contributions: Qi FQ wrote the paper; Qi FQ and Sun Y designed the research, performed the research, and analyzed the data; All authors made substantial intellectual contributions to this paper.
Supported by Guangxi Health Department Scientific Research Program, No. Z20200206; and Project of Guangxi Liuzhou Science and Technology Bureau, No. 2024YB0101B010.
Institutional review board statement: This experiment was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Liuzhou worker's Hospital.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent for the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: The data supporting this article will be shared upon reasonable request to the corresponding author.
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Corresponding author: Yan Sun, MSci, Researcher, Instructor, Research Department, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University/Liuzhou worker's Hospital, No. 156 Heping Road, Liunan District, Liuzhou 545005, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. qifenqiang@163.com
Received: March 7, 2024
Revised: May 13, 2024
Accepted: June 3, 2024
Published online: August 6, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Traditional surgical visualization for esophageal cancer (EC) cannot clearly delineate tumor contours and metastases, which limits the accuracy of da Vinci robotic surgery. However, few studies have investigated the effect of nanocarbon tracers combined with da Vinci robotic surgery. This study clarified the therapeutic efficacy of the da Vinci robot system combined with the nanocarbon lymph node tracer in the treatment of patients with EC and confirmed the promising clinical applications thereof.