Hospiten is developing fluorescence-guided surgery with the aim of reducing surgical risks. The implementation of this method includes important benefits, both for patients and for the healthcare system itself.

The head of the General and Digestive Surgery Service at Hospiten Rambla University Hospital, Dr. Manuel Barrera Gómez, explains that fluorescence-guided surgery is understood to be those in which a fluorescent substance is used that emits a signal when excited by light and can be detected directly in open surgery or by means of a camera and projected on a screen.

"Thanks to the use of fluorescence imaging, we can have a perfectly drawn map, which helps us to recognize the anatomical structures very well, thus allowing the surgeon to locate the tumors or critical points where he must have an impact," he emphasizes.

Among the benefits for the patient when applying this type of innovative procedure, Dr. Barrera emphasizes that they are safer surgeries, with which possible complications are avoided. "With fluorescence we are able to perform much safer interventions that avoid complications, something that also has a very positive influence on the patient's recovery process," he says.

Among its most widely used clinical applications are the assessment of tissue perfusion in real time, which is very important when performing intestinal surgery, the detection of the sentinel lymph node in oncologic surgery, the visualization of important structures such as the biliary tract or the ureter, and the correct resection of tumors with adequate margins.

In addition, Dr. Manuel Barrera also stresses the positive effects that the development of this technique has for the healthcare system. "When we perform operations with fluorescence-guided surgery, we also influence the healthcare system by reducing complications, reducing hospital stays, fewer reoperations, less consumption of drugs and blood in the operating room, in short, a method that generates more benefits for the healthcare system".

The specialist points out that, although fluorescence is applied especially in oncological surgeries, its use can be extended to any other surgery, especially those that are performed in a minimally invasive manner, such as laparoscopic surgeries.

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