There has been continual development of fluorescent agents, imaging systems, and their
applications over the past several decades. With the recent FDA approvals of 5 …

Purpose Fluorescence-based imaging has found application in several fields of elective
surgery, but there is still a lack of evidence in the literature about its use in emergency …

The incidence of common bile duct injuries following laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC)
remains three times higher than that following open surgery despite numerous attempts to …

Lymphadenectomy is crucial for an optimal oncologic resection of colon and rectal cancers.
However, without a direct visualization, an aberrant route of lymph node (LN) diffusion might …

The prediction of severity in acute calculous cholecystitis (AC) is important in therapeutic
management to ensure an early recovery and prevent adverse postoperative events. We …

Abstract Background According to the National Clinical Database of Japan, the incidence of
bile duct injury (BDI) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy has hovered around 0.4% for the …

Acute gallbladder diseases are a common surgical emergency faced by General Surgeons
that can sometimes be quite challenging. These complex biliary diseases require …

Background: Achieving critical view of safety is a key for a successful laparoscopic
cholecystectomy (LC) procedure. Near-infrared fluorescence cholangiography using …

Background: Intraoperative biliary anatomy recognition is crucial for safety during
laparoscopic cholecystectomy, since iatrogenic bile duct injuries represent a fatal …

We present the first case of fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) using indocyanine green
(ICG) in a pediatric redo-Nissen fundoplication. The patient is a 17-year-old male with …