Fluorescence-guided laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair using indocyanine green angiography to prevent iatrogenic vascular injury: A case report and video.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (LIHR) is one of the most common surgical procedures performed worldwide, associated with a roughly 10 % rate of complications, most commonly iatrogenic injury to blood vessels, sometimes necessitating conversion to open surgery. Fluorescence-guided laparoscopic surgery using indocyanine green fluorescence angiography (ICG-FA) facilitates the precise identification of numerous anatomical structures, especially vascular, reducing their risk of iatrogenic injury. We present the first published case and video demonstrating LIHR with ICG-FA to prevent intra-operative vascular injury.

Presentation of case

A 46-year-old, otherwise-healthy male with a right inguinal hernia underwent fluorescence-guided LIHR using ICG-FA. Before perit

SUBMITTER: Todeschini H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11424969 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature