Multispectral Fluorescence Imaging During Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Sentinel Node Biopsy: A First Step Towards a Fluorescence-based Anatomic Roadmap.

Journal: European urology
PMID: 27345689

Abstract

BACKGROUND: During (robot-assisted) sentinel node (SN) biopsy procedures, intraoperative fluorescence imaging can be used to enhance radioguided SN excision. For this combined pre- and intraoperative SN identification was realized using the hybrid SN tracer, indocyanine green-Tc-nanocolloid. Combining this dedicated SN tracer with a lymphangiographic tracer such as fluorescein may further enhance the accuracy of SN biopsy.

Authors

  • Nynke S van den Berg
    Interventional Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Hospital, Albinusdreef 2, 2300RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Tessa Buckle
    Interventional Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Gijs H KleinJan
    Interventional Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Hospital, Albinusdreef 2, 2300RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Henk G Van Der Poel
    Department Urology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Fijs W B van Leeuwen
    Interventional Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Hospital, Albinusdreef 2, 2300RC, Leiden, The Netherlands. F.W.B.van_Leeuwen@lumc.nl.

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