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. 2022 Jun 13;58(6):792.
doi: 10.3390/medicina58060792.

The Use of near Infra-Red Radiation Imaging after Injection of Indocyanine Green (NIR-ICG) during Laparoscopic Treatment of Benign Gynecologic Conditions: Towards Minimalized Surgery. A Systematic Review of Literature

Antonio Raffone  1 , Diego Raimondo  2 , Alessia Oliviero  3 , Arianna Raspollini  1 , Antonio Travaglino  4 , Marco Torella  5 , Gaetano Riemma  5 , Marco La Verde  5 , Pasquale De Franciscis  5 , Paolo Casadio  2 , Renato Seracchioli  1   2 , Antonio Mollo  3
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The Use of near Infra-Red Radiation Imaging after Injection of Indocyanine Green (NIR-ICG) during Laparoscopic Treatment of Benign Gynecologic Conditions: Towards Minimalized Surgery. A Systematic Review of Literature

Antonio Raffone et al. Medicina (Kaunas). .

Abstract

Background and Objectives: To assess the use of near infrared radiation imaging after injection of indocyanine green (NIR-ICG) during laparoscopic treatment of benign gynecologic conditions. Materials and Methods: A systematic review of the literature was performed searching 7 electronic databases from their inception to March 2022 for all studies which assessed the use of NIR-ICG during laparoscopic treatment of benign gynecological conditions. Results: 16 studies (1 randomized within subject clinical trial and 15 observational studies) with 416 women were included. Thirteen studies assessed patients with endometriosis, and 3 studies assessed non-endometriosis patients. In endometriosis patients, NIR-ICG use appeared to be a safe tool for improving the visualization of endometriotic lesions and ureters, the surgical decision-making process with the assessment of ureteral perfusion after conservative surgery and the intraoperative assessment of bowel perfusion during recto-sigmoid endometriosis nodule surgery. In non-endometriosis patients, NIR-ICG use appeared to be a safe tool for evaluating vascular perfusion of the vaginal cuff during total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) and robotic-assisted total laparoscopic hysterectomy (RATLH), and intraoperative assessment of ovarian perfusion in adnexal torsion. Conclusions: NIR-ICG appeared to be a useful tool for enhancing laparoscopic treatment of some benign gynecologic conditions and for moving from minimally invasive surgery to minimalized surgery. In particular, it might improve treatment of endometriosis (with particular regard to deep infiltrating endometriosis), benign diseases requiring TLH and RATLH and adnexal torsion. However, although preliminary findings appear promising, further investigation with well-designed larger studies is needed.

Keywords: fluorescence; fluorescent dye; gynecology; innovation; laparoscopy; minimally-invasive; technology.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Flow diagram of studies identified in the systematic review (Prisma template [Preferred Reporting Item for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses]).
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(a) Assessment of risk of bias. Summary of risk of bias for each study; plus sign: low risk of bias; minus sign: high risk of bias; question mark: unclear risk of bias. *: reference no. 1; **: reference no. 2; †: reference no. 14; ††: reference no. 15. (b) Risk of bias graph about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.
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(a) Assessment of risk of bias. Summary of risk of bias for each study; plus sign: low risk of bias; minus sign: high risk of bias; question mark: unclear risk of bias. *: reference no. 1; **: reference no. 2; †: reference no. 14; ††: reference no. 15. (b) Risk of bias graph about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.
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