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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Development, Implementation and Application of Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in Brain, Head and Neck Surgery-A Review.

Irini Kakaletri, Maximilian Linxweiler, Serine Ajlouni, Patra Charalampaki

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Stable distance regression via spatial-frequency state space model for robot-assisted endomicroscopy.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025
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  3. FF-ViT: probe orientation regression for robot-assisted endomicroscopy tissue scanning.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Irini KakaletriMedical Faculty, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
Maximilian LinxweilerDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, 66421 Homburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5028-9282
Serine AjlouniMedical Faculty, University Witten Herdecke, 58455 Witten, Germany.
Patra CharalampakiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Cologne Medical Center, University Witten Herdecke, 51109 Cologne, Germany.
Witten/Herdecke University · DESaarland University · DEUniversity of Bonn · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When we talk about visualization methods in surgery, it is important to mention that the diagnosis of tumors and how we define tumor borders intraoperatively in a correct way are two main things that would not be possible to achieve without this grand variety of visualization methods we have at our disposal nowadays. In addition, histopathology also plays a very important role, and its importance cannot be neglected either. Some biopsy specimens, e.g., frozen sections, are examined by a histopathologist and lead to tumor diagnosis and the definition of its borders. Furthermore, surgical resection is a very important point when it comes to prognosis and life survival. Confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) is an imaging technique that provides microscopic information on the tissue in real time. CLE of disorders, such as head, neck and brain tumors, has only recently been suggested to contribute to both immediate tumor characterization and detection. It can be used as an additional tool for surgical biopsies during biopsy or surgical procedures and for inspection of resection margins during surgery. In this review, we analyze the development, implementation, advantages and disadvantages as well as the future directions of this technique in neurosurgical and otorhinolaryngological disciplines.

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confocal laser endomicroscopyneurosurgeryoptical technologiesotorhinolaryngology

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PMID36359540
PMCPMC9689276
OpenAlexW4308443974

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