Table 1.

Patient cohort selected for imaging of the thoracic duct. Abbreviations: Multiple endocrine neoplasia MEN; Lateral neck dissection LND; Indocyanine Green ICG.

Patient	Age	Sex	History	Operation	Thoracic duct identification using ICG	Time (minutes) injection to identification	ICG re- dose	Complications
1	27	M	MEN2B with medullary thyroid cancer managed with thyroidectomy and B MRND 2008 with recurrence bilaterally	Redo Bilateral LND	Yes	30	No	None
2	47	M	Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer with left hemi-thyroidectomy 1 month prior	Left LND, partial sternectomy with substernal mass resection	No	NA	Yes	Left recurrent laryngeal nerve resection en bloc
3	76	M	Scalp melanoma (2.0 mm Breslow depth) with palpable left cervical lymphadenopathy	Wide local excision with skin graft of scalp, Left LND	Yes	90	No	Partial skin graft failure
4	49	F	Mixed medullary and follicular thyroid cancer with cervical lymphadenopathy. history of total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection 4 months prior	Left LND, redo central neck dissection	Yes	45	Yes	None
5	65	M	Papillary thyroid cancer (1cm) in left lobe with cervical lymphadenopathy	Total Thyroidectomy, bilateral central neck dissection, Left LND	Yes	15	Yes	None
6	59	F	Papillary thyroid cancer (0.8cm) in left lobe with left lateral biopsy-proven lymph node metastasis	Total Thyroidectomy, bilateral central neck dissection, Left LND	Yes	45	No	None