ArticleCureus2022
Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Imaging for the Evaluation of Blood Perfusion Area in Cancer of the Splenic Flexure With an Occluded Inferior Mesenteric Artery: A Report of Two Cases.
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- Splenic flexure resection with Hugo™ RAS: Trocar placement, docking settings, and surgical strategy.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2025Article
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Abstract
Radical resection for cancer of the splenic flexure requires careful consideration of the dissection line so that blood flow in the remnant bowel is maintained, particularly when the root of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) is already occluded. Intraoperative indocyanine green (ICG) imaging is a promising method for evaluating blood perfusion of organs and vessels. However, there are few reports on the use of ICG to determine the dissection line in patients with altered blood flow. In this article, we describe two cases of successful resection of splenic flexure cancer (SFC) in patients with an occluded IMA under ICG guidance. Case one was a 76-year-old man with a diagnosis of stage III SFC who had previously undergone endovascular aortic repair without reimplantation of the IMA. Intraoperative ICG imaging revealed that the left side of the colon was perfused mainly by the left branch of the middle colic artery (MCA). We performed a hemicolectomy with preservation of the MCA-left colic artery (LCA) arcade and resected an enlarged lymph node
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