Abstract
Background
Laparoscopic right posterior hepatectomy is considered difficult on the basis of the surgery difficulty scoring system. In this study, we evaluated the safety and effectiveness of the technical application of indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence imaging-guided laparoscopic right posterior hepatectomy.
Methods
Twenty-six patients who underwent ICG fluorescence imaging-guided laparoscopic right posterior hepatectomy at Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Department of Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, from June 2018 to December 2019, were included. The influence of patient position, trocar placement, hepatic inflow occlusion, central venous pressure (CVP), and the ICG fluorescence imaging-guided method were analyzed.
Results
In 17 patients, the left lateral position was maintained when the main tumor was in the S7, and in the remaining nine patients, the supine position was maintained with the right side of the body raised when the main tumor was in the S6. Ten patients who underwent preoperative injection of ICG were successfully developed for nonanatomical hepatectomy. Sixteen patients received intraoperative ICG injection for anatomical hepatectomy (2 cases had positive imaging findings, 14 cases had negative imaging findings, and 2 cases had failed imaging findings). All patients underwent the Pringle maneuver during the procedure. Four patients were preset with subhepatic vena cava blocking and one patient with suprahepatic inferior vena cava blocking. CVP was controlled at 3.00 ± 0.63 (mean ± SD) cmH2O. The operative time was 216.14 ± 52.05 min, and the bleeding volume was 128.57 ± 75.55 ml. Four patients had Clavien–Dindo level I complications, and one had level III complications. Postoperative hospitalization duration was 6.19 ± 1.40 days. There were 14 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, 9 with metastatic liver malignancies, 2 with hepatic hemangioma, 1 with focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver, and 10 with hepatitis B liver cirrhosis.
Conclusions
ICG fluorescence imaging guidance could be helpful for the safe implementation of laparoscopic right posterior hepatectomy.
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The manuscript was written by all the authors. All authors have given approval for the final version of the manuscript. Li Jinghua and Li Xiaomian contributed to the manuscript equally. This work was supported by the grants from the National Key R&D Program of China (SQ2019YFC200078/02), the Scientific Research Project of the Health Commission of Hubei Province (WJ2017Z007), and the special fund for Basic Scientific Research of Wuhan University (2042019kf0327).
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This work was supported by the Grants from the National Key R&D Program of China (SQ2019YFC200078/02), the Scientific Research Project of the Health Commission of Hubei Province (WJ2017Z007), and the special fund for Basic Scientific Research of Wuhan University (2042019kf0327).
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Li, J., Li, X., Zhang, X. et al. Indocyanine green fluorescence imaging-guided laparoscopic right posterior hepatectomy. Surg Endosc 36, 1293–1301 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-021-08404-2
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