Staging laparoscopy with ultrasound and near-infrared fluorescence imaging to detect occult metastases of pancreatic and periampullary cancer.
Henricus J M HandgraafB G Sibinga MulderS Shahbazi FeshtaliL S F BoogerdM J M van der ValkA Fariña SarasquetaR J SwijnenburgB A BonsingA L VahrmeijerJ S D MieogPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Despite current preoperative imaging modalities metastases are still identified during surgery. This study shows limited added value of LUS during SL in patients with pancreatic or periampullary cancer. LFI was of added value due to its high negative predictive value in case of suspect hepatic lesions identified by inspection.
Keyphrases
- fluorescence imaging
- papillary thyroid
- squamous cell
- photodynamic therapy
- minimally invasive
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high resolution
- lymph node
- patients undergoing
- lymph node metastasis
- childhood cancer
- coronary artery disease
- computed tomography
- mass spectrometry
- atrial fibrillation
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- contrast enhanced ultrasound