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- Title
Accuracy of Near Infrared-Guided Surgery in Morbidly Obese Subjects Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
- Authors
Dip, Fernando; Nguyen, David; Montorfano, Lisandro; Noste, María; Menzo, Emanuele; Simpfendorfer, Conrad; Szomstein, Samuel; Rosenthal, Raul
- Abstract
Background: Fluorescence cholangiography represents an incisionless technique that can be applied during laparoscopic cholecystectomy to visualize bile ducts. Our objective was to evaluate and detect variances of fluorescence imaging in obese and non-obese patients. Methods: Prospective patients were selected for laparoscopic cholecystectomies. Subjects were divided into groups based on their body mass index. Fluorescence imaging was applied preceding any dissection of extrahepatic ducts and again after dissection. Positive and negative identifications of biliary ducts were recorded. Results: Seventy-one patients participated, with 53.5 % classified as obese. The cystic, hepatic, common bile duct, and accessory ducts were identified as follows: 100, 70.4, 87.3, and 7.0 % of patients, respectively. No differences in hepatic duct, common bile duct, and accessory duct visualization were detected in the obese and non-obese groups ( p value 0.09, 0.16, and 0.66, respectively). Conclusions: Fluorescent cholangiography is a useful technique in the obese and non-obese population. Obesity does not affect fluorescence visualization of bile ducts.
- Subjects
MORBID obesity; BARIATRIC surgery; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; INDOCYANINE green; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2016, Vol 26, Issue 3, p525
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-015-1781-9