Open AccessRobotic resection of liver focal nodal hyperplasia guided by indocyanine green fluorescence imaging: A preliminary analysis of 23 cases
Author(s) -
Chenggang Li,
Zhipeng Zhou,
Xin Tan,
Zizheng Wang,
Qu Liu,
Zhiming Zhao
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1948-5204
DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v12.i12.1407
Subject(s) - indocyanine green , medicine , resection , nodal , fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy , radiology , fluorescence , pathology , surgery , anatomy , optics , physics
Focal nodal hyperplasia (FNH) is a common benign tumor of the liver. It occurs mostly in people aged 40-50 years and 90% of the patients are female. FNH can be cured by local resection. How to locate and judge the tumor boundary in real time is often a challenge for surgeons.