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Published on: January 31, 2025
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy using the PINPOINT® Endoscopic Fluorescence Imaging System with intraoperative
Nobuhiro Tsutsui1, Masashi Yoshida1, Eisaku Ito1
1Department of Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare Hospital, 537-3, Iguchi, Nasushiobara-city, Tochigi, 329-2763, Japan.
Abstract:
We report on a laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) for acute cholecystitis (AC) using the bright field/full-color fluorescence laparoscope system PINPOINT® (Novadaq, Mississauga, ON, Canada). The patient was an 85-year-old man who was diagnosed with moderate AC. Indocyanine green (ICG) was administered just before surgery, and we used only PINPOINT® to perform the LC. The advantage of this procedure is that it can be performed while viewing ICG fluorescence in the cystic duct. Since the gallbladder is imaged with this technique, it is also advantageous from the perspective of deciding at which layer to detach the gallbladder from the liver. The operative time was 81 minutes, and blood loss was 5 ml. There were no perioperative complications, and the patient was discharged on post-operative day 6.
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