Indocyanine green fluorescence-navigated laparoscopic metastasectomy for peritoneal metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report

Abstract Background Indocyanine green (ICG) can selectively accumulate in primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its extrahepatic metastases. ICG fluorescence imaging is an extremely sensitive intraoperative tool for detecting HCC foci and can be used to detect impalpable tumors in laparoscopic...

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Main Authors: Yoshihiro Miyazaki, Masanao Kurata, Yukio Oshiro, Osamu Shimomura, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tatsuya Oda, Nobuhiro Ohkohchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-11-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-018-0537-x