Tissue diagnosis during colorectal cancer surgery using optical sensing: an in vivo study.

Elisabeth J M BaltussenS G Brouwer de KoningJ SandersA G J AalbersN F M KokG L BeetsB H W HendriksH J C M SterenborgK F D KuhlmannT J M Ruers

Published in: Journal of translational medicine (2019)

This study shows the potential of DRS for the use of tissue classification during colorectal cancer surgery. Especially the low false positive rate obtained for a false negative rate of zero shows the added value for the surgeons. Trail registration This trail was performed under approval from the internal review board committee (Dutch Trail Register NTR5315), registered on 04/13/2015, https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/5175 .

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
clinical trial
randomized controlled trial
high resolution
study protocol
quality improvement
surgical site infection
high speed