Indocyanine green fluorescence: A surgeon's tool for the surgical approach of gallstone ileus

Clin Case Rep. 2022 May 9;10(5):e05873. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5873. eCollection 2022 May.

Abstract

Fluorescence cholangiography has been shown to improve biliary anatomy identification. A case of 60-year-old man with intestinal obstruction is reported, an entero-biliary fistula is suspected, and intravenous application of indocyanine green is decided, despite the great inflammatory process and fibrotic tissues found during the procedure, safe open cholecystectomy was achieved.

Keywords: cholecystectomy; fluorescence cholangiography; gallstones; indocyanine green.

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