ArticleSurgical endoscopy2021
Ureteral navigation using a fluorescent ureteral catheter during laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
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- Preventing iatrogenic ureteral injury in colorectal surgery: a comprehensive and systematic review of the last 2 decades of literature and future perspectives.Surgery today · 2024Pooled it
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- A Retrospective Study of the Usefulness of Partial Cystectomy for Advanced Colorectal Cancer With Bladder Invasion.Cureus · 2025Article
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- Utility and challenges of ureteral visualization using a fluorescent ureteral catheter in high risk surgeries for colorectal cancer.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- A narrative review of intraoperative use of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging in gastrointestinal cancer: situation and future directions.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2023Review
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- A Novel Technique Using Fluorescent Ureteral Catheter and Flexible Ureteroscope for Safe Laparoscopic Fenestration of Lymphocele after Kidney Transplantation.Case reports in transplantation · 2022Article
- New Technique of Laparoscopic Paraaortic Lymph Node Dissection for Colorectal Cancer Using Fluorescence Navigation.Cancer diagnosis & prognosisArticle
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Abstract
backgroundUreteral injury is the most common urological complication of pelvic surgery, with a reported incidence during colon resection of 0.3-1.5%. Ureteral stenting is commonly performed preoperatively to prevent ureteral injury. Because tactile sensation is not reliable during laparoscopic surgery, the effect of the ureteral stent is considered limited. Recently, fluorescence imaging has been used in laparoscopic surgery. The Near-Infrared Ray Catheter (NIRC™) fluorescent ureteral catheter (NIRFUC) is a new catheter with built-in NIR fluorescent resin. This pilot study was performed to evaluate the utility of fluorescence ureteral navigation using the NIRFUC during laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
methodsWe evaluated the intraoperative utility of the NIRFUC and the short-term outcomes in 20 patients treated with colorectal surgery at Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center between February and July 2020. In all, 18 patients with malignant tumors and 2 patients with benign disease, i.e., a sigmoid colovesical fistula, were included. Ten patients developed preoperative intestinal obstruction. One patient experienced preoperative perforation. Nine patients developed preoperative peritumoral abscesses. Laparoscopic surgery was performed with the VISERA ELITE2 system.
resultsIn all cases, the ureters were very clearly identified as fluorescent without the need for dissection. In all cases, only a moment was required to identify the ureter by fluorescence observation. In all cases, R0 resection was performed. The mean surgical duration was 334 min (161-1014), the mean blood loss was 10 ml (1-500), and the mean postoperative hospital stay was 11 days (8-47). There were no cases of ureteral injury.
conclusionThe NIRFUC was very clearly identified as fluorescent in a moment during surgery without dissection around the ureter. Fluorescence ureteral navigation using the NIRFUC may make colorectal surgery easier and facilitate completion of complex minimally invasive surgery, especially during surgery in patients with invasion of the surrounding tissue or a history of pelvic surgery or radiation.
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