Abstract:Objective To analyze the application of nanocarbon lymph node tracing technology combined with laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery in patients with colorectal cancer.Methods 76 patients confirmed with colorectal cancer were enrolled between April 2015 and October 2020. They were divided into observation group and control group by random grouping method, 38 cases in each group. The observation group underwent laparoscopic radical colorectal cancer surgery after injection of nanocarbon lymph node tracer into peritumoral submucosa, while control group underwent laparoscopic radical colorectal cancer surgery directly. The detection and metastasis of lymph nodes in the two groups, black staining of lymph nodes with different sizes and metastasis rate of lymph nodes in observation group, intraoperative and postoperative recovery in both groups, and postoperative complications were recorded.Results The number of detected and metastasis-positive lymph nodes, and number of lymph nodes shorter than 5 mm and metastasis-positive lymph nodes in observation group were significantly more than those in control group (P < 0.05). In observation group, black staining rate of lymph nodes with diameter less than 3 mm was significantly higher than that of lymph nodes with diameter more than 3 mm (P < 0.05), and metastasis rate of black-staining lymph nodes was significantly higher than that without black-staining (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in operation and postoperative recovery between the two groups (P > 0.05). The incidence of complications in observation group was significantly lower than that in control group (P < 0.05).Conclusion Nanocarbon lymph node tracing technology combined with laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery can increase the number of detected lymph nodes and find metastasis-positive lymph nodes, which can not increase surgical complexity and reduce the incidence of complications, be beneficial to postoperative recovery.