Optical effects on the surrounding structure during quantitative analysis using indocyanine green videoangiography: A phantom vessel study

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. e201700254
Author(s):  
Atsushi Tsukiyama ◽  
Yasuo Murai ◽  
Fumihiro Matano ◽  
Kazutaka Shirokane ◽  
Akio Morita
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 531-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hironori Arima ◽  
Kentaro Naito ◽  
Toru Yamagata ◽  
Shinichi Kawahara ◽  
Kenji Ohata ◽  
...  

Abstract BACKGROUND One of the most critical steps in surgery for spinal intramedullary ependymomas is the resection of small feeding arteries from the anterior spinal artery with anatomical preservation of the normal circulation of the ventral spinal cord. OBJECTIVE To quantitatively analyze the microcirculation of the ventral spinal cord by near-infrared indocyanine green videoangiography (ICG-VA) after the spinal intramedullary ependymoma resection. METHODS This retrospective study included 12 patients (7 male and 5 female; average age 55.2 years, range 36-79 years). Patients’ neurological conditions were assessed based on the modified McCormick functional schema of grade 1 (neurologically normal) to 5 (severe deficit). Postoperative functional assessment was conducted at least 3 months after surgery. Quantitative analysis of vascular flow dynamics was carried out following spinal intramedullary ependymoma resection. Fluorescence intensities were measured and the indocyanine green (ICG) intensity-time curves were analyzed and compared with the functional outcomes after surgery. RESULTS Microscopically total or subtotal resection of the intramedullary ependymoma was achieved in all cases. Average peak time on ICG-VA was significantly shorter in the postoperative functional grade 1 to 2 group than in the postoperative functional grade 3 to 5 group, but there was no significant difference in average peak intensity between the 2 groups. Postoperative functional grade and the peak time of ICG, but not peak intensity, appeared correlated. CONCLUSION To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report showing that quantitative analysis of ICG-VA may predict functional outcomes after spinal intramedullary ependymoma resection.


Neurosurgery ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. E732-E734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Della Puppa ◽  
Renato Scienza ◽  
Oriela Rustemi ◽  
Giorgio Gioffré

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Della Puppa ◽  
Oriela Rustemi ◽  
Marta Rossetto ◽  
Giorgio Gioffrè ◽  
Marina Munari ◽  
...  

Abstract BACKGROUND: Indocyanine green videoangiography (ICGV) is becoming routine in intracranial aneurysm surgery to assess intraoperatively both sac obliteration and vessel patency after clipping. However, ICGV-derived data have been reported to be misleading at times. We recently noted that a simple intraoperative maneuver, the “squeezing maneuver,” allows the detection of deceptive ICGV data on aneurysm exclusion and allows potential clip repositioning. The squeezing maneuver is based on a gentle pinch of the dome of a clipped aneurysm when ICGV documents its apparent exclusion. OBJECTIVE: To present the surgical findings and the clinical outcome of this squeezing maneuver. METHODS: Data from 23 consecutive patients affected by intracranial aneurysms who underwent the squeezing maneuver were analyzed retrospectively. The clip was repositioned in all cases when the dyeing of the sac was visualized after the maneuver. RESULTS: In 22% of patients, after an initial ICGV showing the aneurysm exclusion after clipping, the squeezing maneuver caused the prompt dyeing of the sac; in all cases, the clip was consequently repositioned. A calcification/atheroma of the wall/neck was predictive of a positive maneuver (P = .001). The aneurysm exclusion rate at postoperative radiological findings was 100%. CONCLUSION: With the limits of our small series, the squeezing maneuver appears helpful in the intraoperative detection of misleading ICGV data, mostly when dealing with aneurysms with atheromatic and calcified walls.


2013 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. ons86-ons92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Antonio Julián ◽  
Pablo Miranda Lloret ◽  
Fernando Aparici Robles ◽  
Andrés Beltrán Giner ◽  
Carlos Botella Asunción

Abstract BACKGROUND: Indocyanine green videoangiography (IGV) raises important limitations when we use it in vascular pathology, especially in cases with arterialization of the venous system such as arteriovenous malformations and fistulae. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to provide a simple procedure that overcomes the limitations of conventional IGV. We define IGV in negative (IGV-IN), so-called because, in its first phase, the vessel to analyze is clipped, and we report 3 cases of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulae treated with this procedure. METHODS: In 2011, we applied IGV-IN to 3 patients at our center with Borden type III intracranial arteriovenous fistulae. RESULTS: In all 3 cases, IGV-IN enabled both diagnosis and post-dural arteriovenous fistula exclusion control in 1 integrated procedure no longer than 1 minute, requiring only 1 visualization. CONCLUSION: IGV-IN is an improvement over the conventional IGV method and is able to provide more information in a shorter period of time. It is an intuitive and highly visual procedure, and, more importantly, it is reversible. Studies with larger samples are necessary to determine whether IGV-IN can further reduce the need for postoperative digital subtraction angiography.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (15) ◽  
pp. 427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisashi Kubota ◽  
Yasuhiro Sanada ◽  
Kazuhiro Nagatsuka ◽  
Hiromasa Yoshioka ◽  
Michihiro Iwakura ◽  
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