World Journal of Surgery

, Volume 34, Issue 10, pp 2505–2506 | Cite as

Fluorescent Cholangiography during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Indocyanine Green or New Fluorescent Agents? Letter to the Editor

  • Takeaki Ishizawa
  • Yasutsugu Bandai
  • Kiyoshi Hasegawa
  • Norihiro Kokudo
Article

Keywords

Bile Duct Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Liver Cancer Biliary Tract Indocyanine Green 
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Copyright information

© Société Internationale de Chirurgie 2010

Authors and Affiliations

  • Takeaki Ishizawa
    • 1
  • Yasutsugu Bandai
    • 2
  • Kiyoshi Hasegawa
    • 1
  • Norihiro Kokudo
    • 1
  1. 1.Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of MedicineUniversity of TokyoTokyoJapan
  2. 2.Department of SurgeryCentral Hospital of Social Health InsuranceTokyoJapan

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