ArticleLaparoscopic surgery2021
A narrative review of fluorescence imaging in robotic-assisted surgery.
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- Advances of surgical robotics: image-guided classification and application.National science review · 2024Review
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- A Minimally Invasive Robotic Tissue Palpation Device.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2024Article
- Fluorescence guidance using near-infrared fluorescent clips in robotic rectal surgery: a case series.International journal of colorectal disease · 2024Article
- Multiport robotic anatomic lung resections: a dodecalogue for neophytes.Journal of visualized surgery · 2024Review
- Microsurgery Robots: Applications, Design, and Development.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Intraoperative Fluorescent Ureter Visualization in Complex Laparoscopic or Robotic-Assisted Gynecologic Surgery.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
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- Effectiveness of fluorescence-guided methods using near-infrared fluorescent clips of robotic colorectal surgery: a case report.Surgical case reports · 2023Article
- Intraoperative near-infrared lymphography with indocyanine green may aid lymph node dissection during robot-assisted resection of gastroesophageal junction cancer.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Intraoperative fluorescence imaging in esophagectomy and its application to the robotic platform: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveIn this review, we provide examples of applications of fluorescence imaging in urologic, gynecologic, general, and endocrine surgeries.
backgroundWhile robotic-assisted surgery has helped increase the availability of minimally invasive procedures across surgical specialties, there remains an opportunity to reduce adverse events associated with open, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted methods. In 2011, fluorescence imaging was introduced as an option to the da Vinci Surgical System, and has been standard equipment since 2014. Without interfering with surgical workflow, this fluorescence technology named Firefly
methodsLiterature searches were performed using the PubMed and MEDLINE databases using the keywords "robotic-assisted fluorescence surgery", "ICG robotic surgery", and "fluorescence guided surgery" covering the years 2011-2020.
conclusionsReal-time intraoperative fluorescence guidance has shown great potential in helping guide surgeons in both simple and complex surgical interventions. Indocyanine green is one of the most widely-used imaging agents in fluorescence guided surgery, and other targeted, near-infrared imaging agents are in various stages of development. Fluorescence is becoming a reliable tool that can help surgeons in their decision-making process in some specialties, while explorations continue in others.
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