Indocyanine green fluorescence imaging for resection of pulmonary metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Naoya Kawakita,
Hiromitsu Takizawa,
Toru Sawada,
Daisuke Matsumoto,
Mitsuhiro Tsuboi,
Hiroaki Toba,
Mitsuteru Yoshida,
Yukikiyo Kawakami,
Kazuya Kondo,
Akira Tangoku
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.01.107
Subject(s) - indocyanine green , medicine , surgical margin , wedge resection , hepatocellular carcinoma , metastasis , lesion , radiology , pathology , surgery , cancer , resection
Indocyanine green (ICG) accumulates in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and tumor fluorescence can be observed under irradiation with near infrared light (NIR). This study investigated the clinical utility of ICG fluorescence imaging during resection of pulmonary metastases of HCC.
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