Could fluorescence-guided surgery be an efficient and sustainable option? A SICE (Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery) health technology assessment summary

Nereo Vettoretto; Emanuela Foglia; Lucrezia Ferrario; Chiara Gerardi; Beatrice Molteni; Umberto Nocco; Emanuele Lettieri; Sarah Molfino; Gian Luca Baiocchi; Ugo Elmore; Ferdinando Agresta; Gianfranco Silecchia

doi:10.1007/S00464-020-07542-3

Could fluorescence-guided surgery be an efficient and sustainable option? A SICE (Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery) health technology assessment summary

Published on Apr 9, 2020in Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques3.149

· DOI :10.1007/S00464-020-07542-3

Nereo Vettoretto24

Estimated H-index: 24

, Emanuela Foglia10

Estimated H-index: 10

+ 21 AuthorsGianfranco Silecchia37

Estimated H-index: 37

(Sapienza University of Rome)

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Indocyanine green fluorescence vision is an upcoming technology in surgery. It can be used in three ways: angiographic and biliary tree visualization and lymphatic spreading studies. The present paper shows the most outstanding results from an health technology assessment study design, conducted on fluorescence-guided compared with standard vision surgery. METHODS: A health technology assessment approach was implemented to investigate the economic, social, ethical, and organizational implications related to the adoption of the innovative fluorescence-guided view, with a focus on minimally invasive approach. With the support of a multidisciplinary team, qualitative and quantitative data were collected, by means of literature evidence, validated questionnaires and self-reported interviews, considering the dimensions resulting from the EUnetHTA Core Model. RESULTS: From a systematic search of literature, we retrieved the following studies: 6 on hepatic, 1 on pancreatic, 4 on biliary, 2 on bariatric, 4 on endocrine, 2 on thoracic, 11 on colorectal, 7 on urology, 11 on gynecology, 2 on gastric surgery. Fluorescence guide has shown advantages on the length of hospitalization particularly in colorectal surgery, with a reduction of the rate of leakages and re-do anastomoses, in spite of a slight increase in operating time, and is confirmed to be a safe, efficacious, and sustainable vision technology. Clinical applications are still presenting a low evidence in the literature. CONCLUSION: The present paper, under the patronage of Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery, based on an HTA approach, sustains the use of fluorescence-guided vision in minimally invasive surgery, in the fields of general, gynecologic, urologic, and thoracic surgery, as an efficient and economically sustainable technology.

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