TY - JOUR AB - Due to the wide introduction of screening tests, patients with neoplastic diseases of the uterine cervix trend to be diagnosed in early stages of the disease, and less invasive surgical procedures are needed in certain cases. In this respect, the technique of sentinel lymph node dissection has been widely implemented as part of the therapeutic strategy, indocyanine green (ICG) being one of the most reliable markers for sentinel lymph node detection. However, it seems that this agent is extremely useful in order to achieve better short‑term and long‑term results after cervical cancer surgery, due to its capacity to determine the uterine vascular perfusion in cases in which conservative treatment, such as trachelectomy, is performed, as well as to prevent and treat lower limb lymphedema. A literature review was conducted of the studies which focused on the role of ICG utility in cervical cancer patients besides sentinel lymph node detection, special focus was given to vascularization preservation and lower limb lymphedema prevention and treatment. AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania Department of Surgery, ‘Ponderas’ Academic Hospital, 021188 Bucharest, Romania Department of Internal Medicine, ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania Department of Anesthesiology, ‘Fundeni’ Clinical Institute, 022328 Bucharest, Romania Department of Thoracic Surgery, ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania Department of Oncology, ‘Al. Trestioreanu’ Institute of Oncology, 022328 Bucharest, Romania Department of Urology, ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Histology, ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania Department of Anatomy, ‘George Emil Palade’ University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, 540142 Târgu Mureș, Romania Department of Surgery, ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania AU - Bacalbasa,Nicolae AU - Balescu,Irina AU - Diaconu,Camelia AU - Savu,Carmen AU - Savu,Cornel AU - Neacsu,Adrian AU - Belu,Emil AU - Bratu,Ovidiu AU - Cretoiu,Dragos AU - Halmaciu,Ioana AU - Iliescu,Laura AU - Balalau,Cristian AU - Filipescu,Alexandru AU - Vilcu,Mihaela AU - Brezean,Iulian DA - 2020/10/01 DO - 10.3892/etm.2020.9095 EP - 3527 IS - 4 JO - Exp Ther Med KW - indocyanine green cervical cancer vascularization lower limb lymphedema sentinel lymph node PY - 2020 SN - 1792-0981 1792-1015 SP - 3523 ST - Utility of indocyanine green injection in patients with cervical cancer besides the identification of sentinel lymph node (Review) T2 - Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine TI - Utility of indocyanine green injection in patients with cervical cancer besides the identification of sentinel lymph node (Review) UR - https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2020.9095 VL - 20 ER -