Application of indocyanine green in pediatric surgery.
C T LauD M AuKenneth Kak Yuen WongPublished in: Pediatric surgery international (2019)
The use of near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging with indocyanine green (ICG) has gained popularity in many fields in adult surgery, such as sentinel lymph node mapping, intra-operative solid tumor identification, and organ perfusion assessment. However, the clinical application of ICG in pediatric surgery is just at the beginning. This review paper presents the advantages, current applications and potential developments of NIR fluorescence imaging with ICG in our field.
Keyphrases
- fluorescence imaging
- photodynamic therapy
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- sentinel lymph node
- surgical site infection
- squamous cell carcinoma
- high resolution
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- risk assessment
- magnetic resonance
- childhood cancer
- climate change
- contrast enhanced
- fluorescent probe
- high density