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. 2023 Apr 5;10(4):689. doi: 10.3390/children10040689

Table 5.

Summary for urogenital surgery.

Authors Year No. of Procedures Performed Mean pt Age Indication Surgical Procedure Dose of Dye Imaging System Study Design IDEAL Framework Stage
Esposito et al. [54] 2021 12 median 4.1 y Duplex kidney Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy ICG 0.3 mg/kg iv or into the ureteral catheter Karl Storz Retrospective study 2a
Herz et al. [53] 2016 6 5.6 y Duplex kidney Robot-assisted laparoscopic heminephrectomy ICG 1.25–2.5 mg iv Da Vinci Firefly, Intuitive Retrospective study 2a
Carty et al. [56] 2021 3 8 y Congenital ureteral stricture, mid-ureteral polyp disease, distal-ureteral polyp disease Ureteral reconstruction ICG 0.039–0.086 mg/kg iv Da Vinci Firefly, Intuitive Case series 1
Esposito et al. [55] 2020 3 nd Solitary renal cyst Robotic deroofing of cyst ICG 0.35mg/kg iv nd Retrospective study 1
Esposito et al. [52] 2020 57 median 15.7 y (varicocele)
+ 8.7 y (nephrectomy) + 4.3 y (partial nephrectomy) + 10.8 y (renal cyst)
Varicocele (n = 41) + non-functioning kidney (n = 3) + symptomatic non-functioning obstructive upper pole moiety or lower pole moiety (n = 9) + simple renal cyst (n = 4) Laparoscopic left varicocelectomy (n = 38) + robot-assisted left varicocelectomy (n = 3) + nephrectomy (n = 3) + partial nephrectomy (n = 9) + robot-assisted deroofing of simple renal cyst (n = 4) ICG 0.3 mg/mL/kg iv Karl Storz + Da Vinci Firefly, Intuitive Retrospective study 2a
Esposito et al. [10] 2020 53 10.9 y Varicocele (n = 40) + non-functioning kidney (n = 3) + non-functioning symptomatic obstructive upper pole or lower pole moiety (n = 7) + + simple renal cyst (n = 3) Left varicocelectomy (n = 40), partial nephrectomy (n = 7), nephrectomy (n = 3), renal cyst deroofing (n = 3) ICG 6.25 mg intratesticular (varicocele repair) + 0.3 mg/mL/kg iv (nephrectomy and renal cyst deroofing) Karl Storz + Da Vinci Firefly, Intuitive Retrospective study 2a
Esposito et al. [51] 2019 25 13.7 y Varicocele Laparoscopic Palomo left varicocelectomy ICG 0.1 mg intratesticular nd Retrospective study 2a
Esposito et al. [50] 2019 35 8.4 y Varicocele (n = 30) + non-functioning kidney (n = 3) + non-functioning upper pole in duplex kidney (n = 2) Laparoscopic Palomo left varicocelectomy (n = 30) + nephrectomy (n = 3) + partial nephrectomy (n = 2) ICG 2 mL intratesticular + 0.5 mg/kg iv (renal surgery) Karl Storz Retrospective study 2a
Fernandez Bautista et al. [9] 2019 3 8.6 y Varicocele (n = 1) + renal failure (n = 2) Laparoscopic Palomo varicocelectomy (n = 1) + laparoscopic nephrectomy (n = 2) ICG 0.2 mg/kg iv Stryker Case series 1

Abbr. y: years; iv: intravenously.