Interpretation and clinical utility of indocyanine-green fluorescence imaging (IFI) in robot-assisted anorectal-function saving operations (ASOs): A propensity-score matched analysis of 872 prospectively enroled patients undergoing IFI.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study suggested a novel physiological evaluation of indocyanine-green fluorescence imaging (IFI), and its utility associated with anastomotic leakage/stricture (AL/AS) and prognosis.

Authors

  • Jin Cheon Kim
    Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Korea. jckim@amc.seoul.kr.
  • Jong Lyul Lee
    Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Institute of Innovative Cancer Research, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, 88, Olympic-ro-43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, South Korea.
  • Chan Wook Kim
    Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Korea.
  • Hyung Min Kim
  • In Ja Park
    Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Korea.
  • Yong Sik Yoon
    Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Korea.