Open AccessHepatectomy guided by indocyanine green fluorescent imaging for visualizing bile leakage (with video)
Author(s) -
Hanaki Takehiko,
Tokuyasu Naruo,
Sakamoto Teruhisa,
Fujiwara Yoshiyuki
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5942
Subject(s) - indocyanine green , medicine , hepatectomy , pathology , surgery , resection
Using indocyanine green (ICG), a standard reagent used in liver function tests, bile leaks from exfoliated liver sections can be detected with higher sensitivity than naked‐eye observation. This presentation will introduce the technique of using ICG to detect bile leaks that cannot be detected by the naked eye.