Indocyanine Green Tattooing During Colonoscopy as a Guide to Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Literature Review

CONCLUSIONS: In laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery indocyanine green can be used to localize fluorescent tumors and mapping fluorescence lymph node. The use of ICG appears to be a valid and safe technique that helps the surgeon to achieve a better oncological radicality. However, the protocols need to be clarified by further studies.PMID:37923725 | DOI:10.1177/15533506231209127

Source: Surgical Innovation - November 4, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Marzia Varanese Stefano Arcieri Augusto Lauro Cristina Panetta Chiara Eberspacher Rossella Palma Domenico Mascagni Stefano Pontone Source Type: research