Indocyanine Green Fluorescence-Guided Knee Arthroscopy: A Technical Note for Investigating the Microvasculature Around the Meniscus.

ABSTRACT: Vascularity of the meniscus is the most important key to meniscal tear healing. However, blood supply to the meniscus is limited to approximately the outer 10% to 25% of the meniscus, known as the "red-red zone." The cyanine dye indocyanine green (ICG) is commonly used as a contrast imaging agent for visualizing vascularity in several medical fields. Moreover, ICG fluorescence-guided surgery is a modern trend in the field of laparoscopic surgery in which the characteristic of fluorescence enhancement under a near-infrared light is used. However, ICG fluorescence-guided knee arthroscopy findings remain unknown. In this Technical Note, the author applied ICG fluorescence-guided surgery to knee arthroscopy to evaluate blood supply to the meniscus and intra-articular apparatus. Additionally, t

SUBMITTER: Kamimura T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10995639 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature