Intra‐operative fluorescence angiography is reproducible and reduces the rate of anastomotic leak after colorectal resection for cancer: a prospective case‐matched study
- 19 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Colorectal Disease
- Vol. 22 (10), 1263-1270
- https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.15076
Abstract
Aim Intraoperative fluorescence angiography (IOFA) with indocyanine green provides information on tissue perfusion that may help prevent an anastomotic leak (AL). The aim of this study was to assess the impact of IOFA on outcomes after left‐sided colonic or low anterior resection with anastomosis for colorectal cancer. Methods All patients with left‐sided colonic or rectal cancer, operated between June 2017 and December 2018, were prospectively included. IOFA has been routinely implemented since May 2018. Reproducibility of IOFA, after a 1:1 matching for relevant clinical risk factors of AL, was studied in patients with IOFA (IOFA+) and without (IOFA‐). Outcomes were compared in terms of postoperative events such as clinically relevant AL as the primary endpoint. Results In the IOFA+ group, changing of the initially planned colon transection due to inadequate perfusion occurred in 5 out of 46 patients (10.9%). Agreement between intraoperative assessment and postoperative blind review of IOFA was deemed strong (Kappa‐Cohen index=0.893, 95%CI 0.788‐0.998, p<0.001). Among 111 patients, 42 matched patients were included in each group. There was significantly more clinically relevant AL in the IOFA‐ group as compared to the IOFA+ group (16.7% versus 2.4%, p=0.026) involving significantly more anastomotic dehiscence which required re‐intervention (19% versus 2.4%, p=0.014). Additionally, more descending colon ischemia/necrosis were observed in the IOFA‐ group as compared with the IOFA+ group (9.5% vs 0%, p=0.040). Conclusion In this prospective case‐matched study, IOFA decreased the occurrence of clinically relevant AL due to necrosis of the descending colon or anastomosis. Upon blind review, perfusion assessment using IOFA was reproducible.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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