Intraoperative indocyanine green videoangiography for identification of pituitary adenomas using a microscopic transsphenoidal approach
2015
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Initial successful surgical treatment of pituitary adenomas is crucial to reach long-term remission. Indocyanine green (ICG) videoangiography (VA) is well established in vascular neurosurgery nowadays and several reports described ICG application in brain tumor surgery. We designed this study to evaluate the feasibility of intravenous application of ICG and visualisation of a pituitary lesion via the fluorescence mode of the operation microscope.
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