Indocyanine Green Fluorescence-Guided Surgery for Gastrointestinal Tumors: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To conduct a systematic review of the currently available literature on the use of ICG to guide surgical dissection in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer surgery.

Background

Real-time indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence-guided surgery has the potential to enhance surgical outcomes by increasing patient-tailored oncological precision.

Methods

MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, and Google Scholar were searched for publications on the use of ICG as a contrast agent in GI cancer surgery until December 2020. Perfusion studies were excluded. Quality of the studies was assessed with the Methodological Index for nonrandomized Studies or Jadad scale for randomized controlled trials. A narrative synthesis of the results was provided, with descriptive statistics when appropriate.

SUBMITTER: Sposito C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10431291 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature