title: Indocyanine green video-angiography in neurosurgery: a glance beyond vascular applications.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Indocyanine green video angiography (ICG-VA) is a non invasive, easy to use and a very useful tool for various neurosurgical procedures. Initially introduced in vascular neurosurgery since 2003, it's applications have broadened over time, both in vascular applications and in other neurosurgical fields. The objective of our study is to review all published literature about ICG-VA, cataloguing its different applications.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic review of all pertinent literature articles published from January 2003 to May 2014 using Pubmed access was performed using pertinent keywords; cross check of references of selected articles was performed in order to complete bibliographical research. Results of research were grouped by pathology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The paper systematically analyses ICG-VA different applications in neurosurgery, from vascular neurosurgery to tumor resection and endoscopic applications, focusing on reported advantages and disadvantages, and discussing future perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome, L.go A. Gemelli, 800168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scerrati
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome, L.go A. Gemelli, 800168 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: gdellapepa@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Della Pepa
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome, L.go A. Gemelli, 800168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Conforti
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome, L.go A. Gemelli, 800168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sabatino
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome, L.go A. Gemelli, 800168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Puca
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome, L.go A. Gemelli, 800168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albanese
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome, L.go A. Gemelli, 800168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maira
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome, L.go A. Gemelli, 800168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marchese
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Zurich University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Esposito
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007208:Indocyanine Green
keywords: ICG; ICG-VA; Indyocianine green; Video angiography