TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of indocyanine green for robotic partial nephrectomy
T2 - Early results, limitations and future directions
AU - Klaassen, Zachary
AU - Li, Qiang
AU - Madi, Rabii Hussein
AU - Terris, Martha K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2014/9/1
Y1 - 2014/9/1
N2 - The surgical management of small renal masses has continued to evolve, particularly with the advent of the robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN). Recent studies at high volume institutions utilizing near infrared imaging with indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescent dye to delineate renal tumor anatomy has generated interest among robotic surgeons for improving warm ischemia times and positive margin rate for RPN. To date, early studies suggest positive margin rate using ICG is comparable to traditional RPN, however this technology improves visualization of the renal vasculature allowing selective clamping or zero ischemia. The precise combination of fluorescent compound, dose, and optimal tumor anatomy for ICG RPN has yet to be elucidated.
AB - The surgical management of small renal masses has continued to evolve, particularly with the advent of the robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN). Recent studies at high volume institutions utilizing near infrared imaging with indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescent dye to delineate renal tumor anatomy has generated interest among robotic surgeons for improving warm ischemia times and positive margin rate for RPN. To date, early studies suggest positive margin rate using ICG is comparable to traditional RPN, however this technology improves visualization of the renal vasculature allowing selective clamping or zero ischemia. The precise combination of fluorescent compound, dose, and optimal tumor anatomy for ICG RPN has yet to be elucidated.
KW - Indocyanine green
KW - Near infrared fluorescence imaging
KW - Robotic partial nephrectomy
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U2 - 10.3390/robotics3030281
DO - 10.3390/robotics3030281
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85054272016
SN - 2218-6581
VL - 3
SP - 281
EP - 288
JO - Robotics
JF - Robotics
IS - 3
ER -