Intra-Operative Indocyanine Green Angiography of the Parathyroid Gland

Jordi Vidal Fortuny; Wolfram Karenovics; Frederic Triponez; Samira M Sadowski

doi:10.1007/s00268-016-3493-2

Intra-Operative Indocyanine Green Angiography of the Parathyroid Gland

World J Surg. 2016 Oct;40(10):2378-81. doi: 10.1007/s00268-016-3493-2.

Authors

Jordi Vidal Fortuny¹, Wolfram Karenovics¹, Frederic Triponez¹, Samira M Sadowski²

Affiliations

¹ Thoracic and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospitals of Geneva, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Thoracic and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospitals of Geneva, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland. samira.sadowski@hcuge.ch.

Abstract

Major complications of thyroid and parathyroid surgery are recurrent laryngeal nerve injuries and definitive hypoparathyroidism. The use of intra-operative Indocyanine Green Angiography for confirmation of vascular status of the parathyroid gland is reported here.

MeSH terms

Angiography
Humans
Hyperparathyroidism / diagnostic imaging
Hyperparathyroidism / surgery*
Indocyanine Green*
Monitoring, Intraoperative
Parathyroid Glands / blood supply
Parathyroid Glands / diagnostic imaging*
Parathyroidectomy / adverse effects
Parathyroidectomy / methods*
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injuries / etiology

Substances

Indocyanine Green