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Visualization of the Ureter

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Recently, intraoperative fluorescence imaging has been used for real-time identification of cancer tissues, blood vessels, and lymph nodes. In this article, we demonstrate the methods for ureter identification by fluorescence imaging and discuss future prospects of this novel technique.

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  1. Department of Surgery and Gastroenterological surgery, Muroran City General Hospital, Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan

    Toshihiko Nishidate

  2. Department of Surgical Oncology and Science, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Koichi Okuya, Kenji Okita & Ichiro Takemasa

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  1. Department of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan

    Takeaki Ishizawa

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Nishidate, T., Okuya, K., Okita, K., Takemasa, I. (2023). Visualization of the Ureter. In: Ishizawa, T. (eds) Fluorescence-Guided Surgery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7372-7_28

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