laparoscopic cases, the technology can be extremely helpful in deter-
mining if you have a good blood supply or not, and in seeing the bile
duct in tricky gallbladder cases. She says the technology takes the
place of cholangiograms, a special intraoperative X-ray that can eat up
time in the OR.
The latest fluorescence imaging systems offer both standard HD
images and the fluorescent HD images, so surgeons can switch back
and forth between the two during the case. However, Dr. Ross says
that while this is a nice advantage in the OR, unless you're frequently
performing cholangiograms or often face difficult gallbladder cases,
the technology might not be worth the upgrade just yet. OSM
E-mail kgapinski@outpatientsurgery.net.
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