This text presents the experiences of leading researchers and surgeons with different fluorescence methods. Chapters range from basic science of fluorescence to current clinical applications and new horizons. The first few chapters describe the historical evolution and physical principles of fluorescence and provide the foundation for the reader to understand the current scope and limits of its use in surgery. The second section focuses on the clinical applications of intraoperative fluorescence imaging including subsections on fluorescence cholangiography, applications to hepatectomy, lymph node navigation, applications to GI tract and pelvic surgery and identification of cancer tissues. The third section focuses on new frontiers including fluorescence probes, imaging systems and applications to photodynamic therapy.
Authored by leaders in the development of fluorescent methods worldwide, Fluorescence Imaging for Surgeons: Concepts and Applications will have an impact on numerous medical specialists including general surgeons, colorectal and minimally-invasive surgeons and surgical oncologists. Researchers will find the book to be an invaluable resource on the latest advances in the utilization of nanoparticles and fluorescent probes.
About the Author: Fernando Dip, MD, MAAC
The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Department of General and Vascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, FL
USA
And
Oncological Surgical Division, Department of Surgery
Division of Surgical Research
Hospital de Clinicas Buenos Aires
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Takeaki Ishizawa, MD, PhD, FACS
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital
Japanese Foundation for Cancer Reserach
Koto-ku, Tokyo
Japan
And
Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Bunkyo-ky, Tokya
Japan
Norihiro Kokudo, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor and Chairman
Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Bunkyo-ky, Tokya
Japan
Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS
Chief of Staff
The Bariatric & Metabolic Institute
Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Department of General & Vascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, FL USA
