Ricerc@Sapienza

Purpose: The aim of the present study is to investigate the impact of the near-infrared (NIRF) technology with indocyanine green (ICG) in robotic urologic surgery by performing a systematic literature review and to provide evidence-based expert recommendations on best practices in this field. Methods: All English language publications on NIRF/ICG-guided robotic urologic procedures were evaluated. We followed the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses) statement to evaluate PubMed®, Scopus® and Web of Science™ databases (up to April 2019).

Background: Sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping using Near-Infrared (NIR) Fluorescence Light is an increasingly used technique to improve nodal staging in several type of tumors, including gastro-intestinal, head and neck, breast and mel- anoma). The ultrastaging has a potential decision-making role in order to propose adjuvant chemotherapies in case of nodal micro-metastases. As a matter of fact, according to the last edition (8th) of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, the presence of LFN micro-metastases should directly be staged as N1 and no longer as N1mi.