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Review
. 2020 Oct-Dec;16(4):308-314.
doi: 10.4103/jmas.JMAS_312_18.

Key clinical applications for indocyanine green fluorescence imaging in minimally invasive colorectal surgery

Jan Grosek  1 , Aleš Tomažič  1
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Review

Key clinical applications for indocyanine green fluorescence imaging in minimally invasive colorectal surgery

Jan Grosek et al. J Minim Access Surg. 2020 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Near-infrared indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence imaging has gained solid acceptance over the last years, and rightly so, as this technology has so much to offer, especially in the field of minimally invasive surgery. Firm evidence from ongoing and future studies will hopefully transform many of the applications of ICG fluorescence into the standard of care for our patients. This review examines the current status of ICG fluorescence for assessment of bowel perfusion, lymphatic mapping as well as intraoperative localisation of ureter in light of the published academic literature in English.

Keywords: Bowel perfusion; fluorescence imaging; indocyanine green; lymphatic mapping; ureter localisation.

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Conflict of interest statement

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Figures

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Figure 1
TaTME* for low rectal cancer; (a) White-light laparoscopic view of finished coloanal anastomosis, (b) Transanal indocyanine green angiography of coloanal anastomosis
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Subserosal application of indocyanine green around the tumour, (b)Lymphatic mapping in “real-time”
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