The ISFGS 2023 Annual Meeting, held on Monday February 2023 at the historic Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida, was yet another great success. Surgeons from around the world including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and the United Kingdom, Central and South America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East attended. Our esteemed international faculty…
In February 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany, the Advisory Board of the International Society of Fluorescence-Guided Surgery (ISFGS) unanimously voted to conduct a series of Delphi surveys across multiple surgical fields as a first step towards drafting consensus guidelines. The first of these surveys, on its general use, has already been published in Annals of Surgery in April…
The Universidad de Buenos Aires (UB) Faculty of Medicine, together with the Hospital de Clínicas “Jose de San Martín” are pleased to announce the launch of a new International Training Center for surgeons in Argentina, dedicated to Fluorescence Guided Surgery. This state-of-the-art center, headed by Prof Dr Luis Sarotto and Fluorescence Guided Surgery expert, Dr…
In the News section, the Focus on Fluorescence, the text that is there should be edited as: “ISFGS has a new bi-monthly column in General Surgery News – Focus on Fluorescence. Dr. Fernando Dip and Dr. Raul Rosenthal, editors, interview experts in fluorescence guided surgery, addressing a broad spectrum of issues. September issue click here.
ISFGS is pleased and honored to appoint Dr. Fernando Dip. as the new Executive Director of International Society For Fluorescence Guided Surgery.
According to the ISFGS European Chapter President, Dr. Luigi Boni, the first ISFGS European chapter meeting was a great success. The live event that happened over two days, December 16-17, 2021, was recorded in case you were not able to attend. Watch a recap of the videos on our YouTube channel. Due to the graphic…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Cytalux (pafolacianine), an imaging drug intended to assist surgeons in identifying ovarian cancer lesions.
The use of ICG and fluorescence imaging is growing exponentially. However, variation continues to exist in how ICG is dosed.
Recently approved for use in Mexico, ICG will be available on the market as of October 2020.
Bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy remain apotentially devastating complications and are responsible for major 1morbidity and prolonged hospitalization.