Usefulness of 4K-resolution Indocyanine Green Endoscope for the Removal of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hematomas.

ABSTRACT: Indocyanine green (ICG) is a cyanine dye useful for visualizing blood vessels; it has been developed for endoscopy and is used in skull base surgery. Endoscopy is widely used for hematoma removal after an intracerebral hemorrhage since it is minimally invasive and has a shorter operation time than craniotomy. However, with this technique the surgical field is limited and it is difficult to obtain an adequate orientation; thus, it is challenging to locate the bleeding point, and postoperative rebleeding has been reported. We performed intraoperative ICG near-infrared fluorescence imaging to locate the bleeding point. This purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of ICG angiography during endoscopic hematoma removal in two patients, using two endoscope types and comparing their v

SUBMITTER: Nounaka Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9894616 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature