Use of indocyanine green to minimise uretero-enteric strictures after robotic radical cystectomy.

Nariman Ahmadi Akbar N AshrafiNatalie HartmanAliasger ShakirGiovanni Enrico CacciamaniDaniel FreitasNieroshan RajarubendraCarlos FayAndre BergerMihir M DesaiInderbir S GillMonish Aron

Published in: BJU international (2019)

The use of ICG fluorescence to assess distal ureteric vascularity during RARC and ICUD may reduce the risk of ischaemic uretero-enteric strictures. The technique is simple, safe, and reproducible. Larger studies with longer follow-up are needed to confirm our findings.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
fluorescence imaging
single molecule
case control
robot assisted
energy transfer
quantum dots