Near‐infrared fluorescence imaging to facilitate super‐selective arterial clamping during zero‐ischaemia robotic partial nephrectomy

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 111; no. 4; pp. 604 - 610
• Main Authors: Borofsky, Michael S., Gill, Inderbir S., Hemal, Ashok K., Marien, Tracy P., Jayaratna, Isuru, Krane, Louis S., Stifelman, Michael D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley-Blackwell 01.04.2013
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Cohort Studies; Constriction; Female; fluorescence; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Indocyanine Green; Ischemia - prevention & control; kidney; Kidney Neoplasms - diagnosis; Kidney Neoplasms - surgery; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - methods; Nephrectomy - adverse effects; Nephrectomy - methods; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Optical Imaging - methods; partial nephrectomy; Postoperative Care - methods; Reference Values; Renal Artery; Risk Assessment; robotic; Robotics - methods; Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared - methods; Treatment Outcome; zero‐ischaemia; Nephrology; Zero; Fluorescence; Cardiovascular disease; partial nephrectomy; robotic; Artery; Kidney; Robotics; Urology; Clamping(surgery); Treatment; Urinary system; Ischemia; Nephrectomy; Partial; Telemedicine; Surgery; Blood vessel; Medical imagery; Circulatory system; zero-ischaemia

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? There is concern that warm ischaemia time during partial nephrectomy may have an adverse impact on postoperative renal function. As a result, there is increased interest in developing a safe and effective method for performing non‐ischae...