Enhanced visualization of parathyroid glands during video-assisted neck surgery.

Pier Francesco AlesinaB MeierJ HinrichsW MohmandM K Walz

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2018)

The 5-mm 30° NIR camera allows for enhanced visualization of the parathyroid tissue during video-assisted thyroidectomy. This promising tool can become standard for video-assisted neck surgery.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
surgical site infection
photodynamic therapy
percutaneous coronary intervention
high speed
convolutional neural network
high resolution
drug delivery
papillary thyroid
low cost