Indocyanine green fluorescence: A surgeon’s tool for the surgical approach of gallstone ileus

Abstract

Abstract Fluorescence cholangiography has been shown to improve biliary anatomy identification. A case of 60‐year‐old man with intestinal obstruction is reported, an entero‐biliary fistula is suspected, and intravenous application of indocyanine green is decided, despite the great inflammatory process and fibrotic tissues found during the procedure, safe open cholecystectomy was achieved.

Keywords

• cholecystectomy
• fluorescence cholangiography
• gallstones
• indocyanine green