title: Utility of Laparoscopic Indocyanine Green-Guided Sentinel Node Biopsy in Open Cervical Cancer Surgery.
abstract: Multiple tracers have been used to improve lymphatic mapping and to reduce the false-negative rate of the sentinel node detection in gynecologic cancers. Nowadays, 99mTc colloids combined with blue-dye technique is the most extended technique. New alternatives such as the fluorescent indocyanine green and near-infrared fluorescent imaging detection have been introduced in lymphatic mapping staging procedures because of its easier visualization compared with the previous tracers.
  
  
  
  We used the laparoscopic infrared camera for the indocyanine green-guided sentinel node biopsy in a laparotomic radical hysterectomy in a pregnant patient after a cesarean section, with the aim of improving the detection rate of sentinel node biopsy in open surgery.
  
  
  
  The technique was used in the first patient with accurate detection of sentinel node and no complications during the procedure.
  
  
  
  The use of laparoscopic indocyanine green in open surgery may be a useful tool for the detection of sentinel node biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Gynecologic Oncology Unit, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rychlik
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marin
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Santiago
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zapardiel
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007208:Indocyanine Green