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Coronavirus tracker: More than 96% of physicians fully vaccinated against COVID-19, AMA survey shows
The national AMA survey polled 300 physicians, including primary care doctors and specialists, between June 3-8. It’s the first survey to specifically collect data on
COVID-19: Pandemic Surgery Guidance – basis for handling surgeries in future potential crises
Various scientists and clinicians from disparate specialties provided a Pandemic Surgery. These included recommendations regarding surgical response from Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Compared with Multimodal Imaging for Diagnosing Neovascular Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
A prospective cross-sectional study to assess the diagnostic accuracy of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) compared with multimodal imaging for CNV in CSC eyes and
The role of indocyanine green cholangiography in minimally invasive surgery, published June
This paper examines Near-infrared fluorescent cholangiography (NIFC) using indocyanine green (ICG) to aid in the identification of extrahepatic biliary anatomy. Evidence synthesis: Several factors can
Recent case report on “Use of Indocyanine Green Fluorescent Imaging in the Assessment of a Tongue Flap After Lateral Hemiglossectomy”
Indocyanine green (ICG) angiography is a real-time imaging modality that can be used to assess intraoperative tissue perfusion. ICG dye has proven to be feasible,
Intestinal hypoperfusion in patients with Crohn’s disease revealed by intraoperative indocyanine green fluorescence imaging
This open access paper notes that Low blood supply increases leakage and surgical recurrence in Crohn’s disease, Indocyanine green angiography is useful for evaluating the
Indocyanine green fluorescence angiography versus standard intraoperative methods for prevention of anastomotic leak in colorectal surgery: meta-analysis
Recent paper published in British Journal of Surgery which undertook an assessment of anastomotic blood perfusion with intraoperative indocyanine green fluorescence angiography (ICG-FA) to evaluate
Study published earlier this month “Fluorescence angiography after vascular ligation to make the ileo-anal pouch reach”
This Dutch study Abstract noted: “The two most essential technical aspects of any gastrointestinal anastomosis are adequate perfusion and sufficient reach. For ileal pouch-anal anastomosis
Case report on Laparoscopic liver cyst fenestration with real-time indocyanine green fluorescence-guided surgery
Abstract: Laparoscopic fenestration (LF) has recently been considered a standard procedure for nonparasitic symptomatic liver cysts. Here, we report a case of LF that was
Recent paper published in Surgery Today “Indocyanine green fluorescence imaging for evaluating blood flow in the reconstructed conduit after esophageal cancer surgery”
Journal Abstract: We investigated the effectiveness of indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence blood flow imaging of the gastric conduit to evaluate anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy. We
Warram receives NIH R37 MERIT Award
Jason Warram, Ph.D., associate professor with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Otolaryngology, has received a seven-year NIH R37 MERIT Award from the
The Efficacy of Intraoperative Fluorescent Imaging Using Indocyanine Green for Cholangiography During Cholecystectomy and Hepatectomy
Japanese paper just published where examined the use of Intraoperative indocyanine green (ICG) cholangiography to help avoid bile duct injuries. Patients and Methods: We examined
Anesthesiologists Provide Elective Surgery Checklist for Patients During COVID-19
As the curve of new COVID-19 cases begins to flatten in the United States, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is providing guidelines for patients
Published in General Surgery News, an interesting article “The Post-Bariatric Patient With Complications”
Tips on Diagnosis and Management For the Nonbariatric Surgeon “When patients develop a leak, they will have sustained tachycardia, above 120 [beats per minute] regardless
Richard Wolf is Corporate Sponsor of the International Society For Fluorescence Guided Surgery (ISFGS)
The medical technology company Richard Wolf GmbH has announced that it has joined up to become a corporate sponsor of the ISFGS (International Society For
Defining indocyanine green fluorescence to assess anastomotic perfusion during gastrointestinal surgery: systematic review
Background: The aim of this systematic review was to identify all methods to quantify intraoperative fluorescence angiography (FA) of the gastrointestinal anastomosis, and to find
Optimization of Indocyanine Green (ICG) Angiography for Colon Perfusion during Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
Aim: This study aims to evaluate the extrinsic effects of conditional factors affecting quantitative parameters and to establish the optimization of indocyanine green (ICG) angiography
ICG fluorescence imaging in colorectal surgery: a snapshot from the Italian ColoRectal Anastomotic Leakage (iCral) study group
Background: Fluorescence-guided visualization is a recently proposed technology in colorectal surgery. This survey was conducted on April 2020 among 44 centres dealing with colorectal diseases
COVID hospital death rates fall, but impact still high
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began over a year ago, death rates in US hospitalized patients decreased from 19.7% in April 2020 to 9.3% in November,
Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes in the US, March 1, 2020, to January 2, 2021
JAMA publication on number of deaths in the US for the period between March 1, 2020 and Jan. 2, 2021. During that time frame covered