This meta-analysis was dedicated to evaluating the safety and effectiveness of indocyanine green (ICG) -mediated fluorescence molecular imaging (FMI) technology in liver tumors resection.
A literature search of PubMed, Embase databases, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science was performed to identify all clinical controlled studies exploring the effects of fluorescence imaging on liver tumors resection. Quality assessment and data extraction of studies were conducted independently by 3 reviewers. Mean difference (MD) and odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated using a fixed-effects or random-effects model. The meta-analysis was performed with RevMan 5.3 software.
14 retrospective cohort studies (RCSs) involving a total of 1227 patients were finally included. The results showed that Fluorescence-assisted liver tumors resection could improve the R0 resection rate (OR = 2.63; 95% CI: 1.46~4.73,
Current evidence suggests that ICG-mediated FMI technology could enhance the clinical effectiveness of patients with liver tumors resection and is clinically worthy of promotion.
PROSPERO, identifier CRD42022368387.