Indocyanine Green Fluorescence in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: An Easy Procedure to Prevent Big Troubles

1. Abstract

1.1. Background: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) has replaced the open technique due to its advantages in terms of Length of Stay (LOS), postoperative pain and surgical site infection rate, increasing however the number of biliary tract lesions. Indocyanine Green Fluorescence (ICG) is used for a better intraoperative identification of the anatomical structures and showed similar results compared to the intraoperative cholangiography in reducing biliary lesions, with the advantage of a shorter time of operation.