ArticleSurgical endoscopy2021
Intraoperative fluorescence angiography and risk factors of anastomotic leakage in mini-invasive low rectal resections.
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- SAGES 2025 systematic review and meta-analysis for fluorescence image-guided gastrointestinal surgery using indocyanine green.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Pooled it
- Indocyanine green and height of anastomosis in colorectal surgery- a network meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of indocyanine green fluorescence angiography on surgeon action and anastomotic leak in colorectal resections. A systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of indocyanine green fluorescence angiography (ICG-FA) on anastomotic leak rates and postoperative outcomes in colorectal anastomoses: a systematic review.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Pooled it
- Indocyanine green fluorescence angiography decreases the risk of anastomotic leakage after rectal cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of change in the surgical plan based on indocyanine green fluorescence angiography on the rates of colorectal anastomotic leak: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Pooled it
- Quantum machine learning for predicting anastomotic leak: a clinical study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Risk factors for anastomotic leakage in rectal cancer surgery reflecting current practices.Surgery today · 2025Article
- Prospective analysis of factors influencing the change of the section line based on fluorescence angiography with ICG for colorectal anastomosis.Techniques in coloproctology · 2025Article
- Intraoperative left-sided colorectal anastomotic testing in clinical practice: a multi-treatment machine-learning analysis of the iCral3 prospective cohort.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
- C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio as a risk factor for anastomotic leakage after anterior resection for rectal cancer with intraoperative use of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Indocyanine green: The guide to safer and more effective surgery.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2024Article
- Progress of near-infrared-II fluorescence in precision diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer.Heliyon · 2023Review
- Fluorescence-guided colorectal surgery: applications, clinical results, and protocols.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2023Review
- A narrative review of intraoperative use of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging in gastrointestinal cancer: situation and future directions.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2023Review
- Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Guided Surgery in Colorectal Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Indocyanine green fluorescence imaging during laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery could reduce the incidence of anastomotic leakage: a single institutional retrospective cohort study.World journal of surgical oncology · 2022Article
- Endoluminal vacuum-assisted therapy as a treatment for anastomotic leakage in colorectal surgery.World journal of gastroenterology · 2022Article
- Review
- Intraoperative use of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging in rectal cancer surgery: The state of the art.World journal of gastroenterology · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundOne of the prerequisites for proper healing of the anastomosis after a colorectal resection is adequate blood supply to the connected intestinal segments. It has been proposed that adequate visualization of the blood flow using indocyanine green (ICG) could lead to the reduction in the incidence of anastomotic leakage (AL). The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of intraoperative fluorescence angiography (FA) in decreasing the incidence of AL after minimally invasive low anterior resection (LAR) with total mesorectal excision (TME) in rectal cancer patients and to determine predictors of anastomotic leak.
methodsFrom August 2015 to January 2019, data from 100 patients who underwent mini-invasive TME for rectal cancer using FA with indocyanine green (ICG) were prospectively collected and analyzed. They were compared with retrospectively analyzed data from a historical control group operated by one team of surgeons before the introduction of FA from November 2012 to August 2015 (100 patients). All patients from both groups were operated sequentially in one oncological center in Nový Jičín.
resultsThe incidence of AL was significantly lower in the ICG group (19% vs. 9%, p = 0.042, χ
conclusionThe use of ICG to visualize tissue perfusion in low rectal resections for cancer can lead to a reduction of AL.
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