Sentinel Node Biopsy for the Head and Neck Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography Combined with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence in Animal Models: A Feasibility Study

• Yasunao Kogashiwa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yasunao Kogashiwa, Hiroyuki Sakurai, Yoshihiro Akimoto

  * E-mail: y_koga@saitama-med.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hiroyuki Sakurai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yasunao Kogashiwa, Hiroyuki Sakurai, Yoshihiro Akimoto

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxycology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yoshihiro Akimoto ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yasunao Kogashiwa, Hiroyuki Sakurai, Yoshihiro Akimoto

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Dai Sato,

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Tetsuya Ikeda,

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yoshifumi Matsumoto,

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yorihisa Moro,

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Toru Kimura,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxycology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yasuhiro Hamanoue,

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Takehiro Nakamura,

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Koichi Yamauchi,

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Koichiro Saito,

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masashi Sugasawa,

  Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan

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• Naoyuki Kohno

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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