Erschienen in:
11.10.2018 | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: Narrow-Band Imaging: A Novel Imaging Method in Minimally Invasive Surgery
verfasst von:
Alessia Aloisi, MD, Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, MD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Sonderheft 3/2018
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Excerpt
Because surgery is the initial step in the treatment of most gynecologic malignancies, identifying early peritoneal disease not only can offer accurate prognostic information about patient outcomes, but also can drastically affect postoperative counseling regarding the potential need and type of adjuvant therapy.
1 For this reason, a technology that enhances the ability to identify metastatic or early recurrent disease during minimally invasive surgery (MIS) would make a clinically important difference. Narrow-band imaging (NBI), an optic filtration enhancement for endoscopy that uses two wavelengths of light to highlight superficial microvascular patterns, may improve detection of lesions with abnormal vasculature, which in many cases are associated with cancer.
2 However, only a few studies have investigated the role of NBI in improving the diagnosis of metastatic/recurrent disease in gynecology.
3 This study
4 aimed to assess the feasibility of this technology and to determine whether it would improve the diagnostic accuracy of peritoneal spread from a gynecologic malignancy. …
