Erschienen in:
09.01.2017 | Video Forum
Use of intraoperative submucosal tattooing with indocyanine green immunofluorescence angiography for tumor localization during colectomy
verfasst von:
S. P. Poris, H. Tanishima, M. R. Albert
Erschienen in:
Techniques in Coloproctology
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Ausgabe 2/2017
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Excerpt
Endoscopic tumor tattooing with India ink has been the gold standard in preoperative localization of colorectal cancer. While this can be helpful for identification during colectomy, multiple reviews have reported inconsistencies intraoperatively between the site of tattoo and the actual tumor location. This can lead to increased surgical error and even resection of benign colon. Furthermore, risk of perforation, ink spillage, and anatomic limitations make conventional ink tattooing suboptimal. …