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World J Gastrointest Surg. Apr 27, 2025; 17(4): 104020
Published online Apr 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i4.104020
Advancement of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging technology in laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer
Chu-Ying Wu, Yue-Jia Zhu, Kai Ye
Chu-Ying Wu, Yue-Jia Zhu, Kai Ye, Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China
Co-first authors: Chu-Ying Wu and Yue-Jia Zhu.
Author contributions: Wu CY and Zhu YJ contributed equally to the study and as co-first authors of this manuscript; Zhu YJ contributed to original draft preparation, writing, and review; Wu CY contributed to writing, review, and editing of the manuscript; Ye K contributed to conceptualization, supervision, and funding acquisition; and all authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Supported by Fujian Provincial Health and Youth Research Project, No. 2022QNA066; and the Key Clinical Specialty Discipline Construction Program of Fujian, Fujian Health Medicine and Politics, No. [2022]884.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Kai Ye, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Chief Physician, Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, No. 950 Donghai Street, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China. medwcy@163.com
Received: December 9, 2024
Revised: January 23, 2025
Accepted: February 19, 2025
Published online: April 27, 2025
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Core Tip: Indocyanine green fluorescence imaging, which serves as a tracer for lymph node identification, blood supply assessment, and tumour localization, has been increasingly utilized in rectal surgery in recent years. This technique enhances surgical precision and improves patient outcomes. This study reviews the application of indocyanine green in laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery with references to the relevant literature.