A Comparative Approach on Intra-operative Microscope-integrated Indocyanine Green Angiography

Abstract

Microscope integrated Indocyanine green (ICG) video angiography with its analysis by color mapping and graphic diagram is a safe, easy, simple, real-time, cost-effective method of intraoperative vascular assessment during cerebral aneurysms, cerebral AVM/AVF, spinal AVM/AVF, brain tumours and vascular bypass.

It has some limitations where combination of microvascular doppler, endoscopy, electrophysiology and intraoperative DSA may be useful.

This study is a review of ICG angiography and its analysis in different surgeries by different centres as well as comparison with other intraoperative modalities of assessment of vascular status.