Indocyanine green fluorescence endoscopy shows promise as an intraoperative modality to visually distinguish pituitary tumors from normal tissue and to visually identify areas of dural invasion, thereby facilitating complete tumor resection and minimizing injury to surrounding structures.
These results support the continued development of fluorescence endoscopic resection techniques.
2012-05-01
Eng.
Department of Neurosurgery, George Washington University, Washington DC 20037, USA. zlitvack [at] mfa.gwu.edu
J Neurosurg. 2012 May;116(5):935-41
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