Indocyanine green fluorescence: A surgeon's tool for the surgical approach of gallstone ileus.

Luis Alejandro NietoLuis Felipe Cabrera-VargasIvan David Lozada-MartínezDaniela Guardo-CarmonaMartin ContrerasMauricio PedrazaAlexis Rafael Narvaez-Rojas

Published in: Clinical case reports (2022)

Fluorescence cholangiography has been shown to improve biliary anatomy identification. A case of 60-year-old man with intestinal obstruction is reported, an entero-biliary fistula is suspected, and intravenous application of indocyanine green is decided, despite the great inflammatory process and fibrotic tissues found during the procedure, safe open cholecystectomy was achieved.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
single molecule
energy transfer
gene expression
oxidative stress
systemic sclerosis
pulmonary embolism
robot assisted
high dose
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis