Assessment of Intraoperative Probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in Digestive and Endocrine Surgery: a Pilot Study

Summary

Intraoperative histological examination is a fundamental tool in surgery. Probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (pCLE) is a new imaging technique which enables real-time, microscope-resolution imaging, currently used in endoscopy. This pilot study aims to evaluate pCLE in surgical setting. The objective is the depiction of histological rendering of normal and pathological tissues through pCLE. Feasibility of real-time diagnosis will also be assessed. All surgical conditions usually necessitating frozen section will be investigated. A total of 30 patients, with various pathology of the thyroid / parathyroid, stomach, esophagus, pancreas, adrenal, colon / small intestine, liver will be included. Diagnostic criteria will be defined by a surgeon - pathologist team and further validated by retrospective analysis of the video sequences in comparison to conventional histology slides. The data will be used to create an image bank of reference optical biopsy images. The study will allow to point out the surgical conditions in which pCLE is the most effective and reliable and could eventually replace the frozen section technique.

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Start

2015-10-13

Primary completion

2017-12-14

Completion

2018-02-01

Publications

• Background Wallace MB, Fockens P. Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy. Gastroenterology. 2009 May;136(5):1509-13. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.03.034. Epub 2009 Mar 28. No abstract available.
• Background Ignat M, Aprahamian M, Lindner V, Altmeyer A, Perretta S, Dallemagne B, Mutter D, Marescaux J. Feasibility and reliability of pancreatic cancer staging using fiberoptic confocal fluorescence microscopy in rats. Gastroenterology. 2009 Nov;137(5):1584-92.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.07.045. Epub 2009 Jul 24.
• Background Kwan AS, Barry C, McAllister IL, Constable I. Fluorescein angiography and adverse drug reactions revisited: the Lions Eye experience. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2006 Jan-Feb;34(1):33-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01136.x.
• Results Ignat M, Lindner V, Vix M, Marescaux J, Mutter D. Intraoperative Probe-Based Confocal Endomicroscopy to Histologically Differentiate Thyroid From Parathyroid Tissue Before Resection. Surg Innov. 2019 Apr;26(2):141-148. doi: 10.1177/1553350618814078. Epub 2018 Nov 23.

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