Open AccessQuantitative Assessment of Intraoperative Laser Fluorescence Angiography With Indocyanine Green Predicts Early Graft Function After Kidney Transplantation
Author(s) -
Andreas Gerken,
Kai Nowak,
Alexander Meyer,
Christel Weiß,
Bernd Krüger,
Niwroth,
Ioannis Karampinis,
Katharina Heller,
Hendrik Apel,
Christoph Reißfelder,
Kay Schwenke,
Michael Keese,
Werner Lang,
Ulrich Rother
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/sla.0000000000004529
Subject(s) - medicine , indocyanine green , transplantation , angiography , kidney transplantation , perfusion , surgery , prospective cohort study , kidney , machine perfusion , urology , nuclear medicine , radiology , liver transplantation
This study was designed to demonstrate the predictive ability of quantitative indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence angiography for the short-term postoperative outcome, the occurrence of delayed graft function (DGF), and long-term graft survival.