Near-Infrared Fluorescence Guided Surgery: State of the evidence from a health technology assessment perspective

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17 March 2023

Editorial: Near-infrared fluorescence guided surgery: State of the evidence from a health technology assessment perspective

Luca Bertolaccini

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Oriana Ciani

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Luca Bertolaccini

European Institute of Oncology (IEO)

SDA Bocconi School of Management

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The history of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery was an evolution, not a revolution. The concept of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) or robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) to significantly reduce the trauma of chest operations was born over two decades ago. Since then, it has undergone a series of step-wise modifications and improvements.

Fluorescence-guided surgery adoption is constantly expanding in these approaches. Fluorescence-guided surgery could be helpful in intersegmental plane identification, tumour localisation, sentinel lymph node recognition, the assessment of resection margin assessment, and the evaluation of tissue perfusion.

We aim to present the current management, the clinical and patient-reported outcomes, and the economic and organisational impact of the future developments of Fluorescence-guided surgery.

We welcome systematic reviews, original research, economic evaluation, and cost-effectiveness studies on this relevant topic.

The history of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery was an evolution, not a revolution. The concept of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) or robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) to significantly reduce the trauma of chest operations was born over two decades ago. Since then, it has undergone a series of step-wise modifications and improvements.

Fluorescence-guided surgery adoption is constantly expanding in these approaches. Fluorescence-guided surgery could be helpful in intersegmental plane identification, tumour localisation, sentinel lymph node recognition, the assessment of resection margin assessment, and the evaluation of tissue perfusion.

We aim to present the current management, the clinical and patient-reported outcomes, and the economic and organisational impact of the future developments of Fluorescence-guided surgery.

We welcome systematic reviews, original research, economic evaluation, and cost-effectiveness studies on this relevant topic.

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Luca Bertolaccini

European Institute of Oncology (IEO)

SDA Bocconi School of Management

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