Clinical effects of the use of the indocyanine green fluorescence imaging technique in laparoscopic partial liver resection.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aimed to clarify the clinical effects of the indocyanine green (ICG)-fluorescence imaging (FI) technique for determination of liver transection lines during laparoscopic partial liver resection for liver tumors.

Methods

This was a retrospective study including 112 patients who underwent laparoscopic partial liver resection for liver tumors. These enrolled patients were divided into an ICG-FI group (n = 55) and a non-ICG-FI group (n = 57) according to the availability of the ICG-FI. The clinicopathological characteristics of patients between two groups were compared before and after propensity score matching.

Results

The ICG-FI and non-ICG-FI groups differed at baseline in terms of ICG retention rate at 15 min. After propensity score matching, two compar

SUBMITTER: Itoh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9444859 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature