Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Angiography of Parathyroid Glands and the Prevention of Post-Thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia.

Pablo Moreno-LlorenteArantxa García BarrasaJosé Manuel Francos MartínezMarta Alberich PratsMireia Pascua Solé

Published in: World journal of surgery (2021)

The presence of one well-perfused parathyroid gland (ICG score 2) using ICG angiography or ioPTH decline, measured before and after completion of thyroid surgery, is both reliable methods in prediction of early post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia independently of the number of glands identified intraoperatively.

Keyphrases

optical coherence tomography
fluorescence imaging
computed tomography
minimally invasive
papillary thyroid
coronary artery bypass
squamous cell carcinoma
photodynamic therapy
surgical site infection
acute coronary syndrome
lymph node metastasis