Intraoperative fluorescence imaging with indocyanine green in hepatic resection for malignancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies

ConclusionThe sensitivity of intraoperative ICG-related imaging for superficial tumors is high; however, overall sensitivity is low, at 0.75, suggesting that it would have to be used in combination with current identification methods such as intraoperative ultrasound. Our study also found that intraoperative ICG fluorescence imaging was able to detect additional malignant hepatic tumors in 11.6% of patients.
Source: Surgical Endoscopy - Category: Surgery Source Type: research