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Focus session on sodium fluorescein in pediatric oncological neurosurgery

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Many tools and techniques have been developed to obtain maximal safe tumoral resection in neurosurgery. Fluorescent dyes, including sodium fluorescein, have become also part of this armamentarium to localize the lesion and its boundaries peroperatively. Considering its alleged safety profile and its ability to diffuse in areas of altered blood-brain barrier, a typical characteristic of a number of both benign and malignant pediatric tumors, sodium fluorescein may appear an ideal candidate as intraoperative adjunct in pediatric neurosurgery. Nevertheless, a definitive role of this dye in children has not been established yet, and the reports on the pediatric population remain scarce. For this reason, we propose focusing on the use of sodium fluorescein in pediatric oncological neurosurgery by collecting articles reporting the result of the application of the technique in the management of intracranial pediatric tumors.

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  1. Pediatric Neurosurgery, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1 and Hôpital femme Mère Enfant, 59 bd Pinel, Lyon, France

    Federico Di Rocco & Camilla de Laurentis

  2. Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy

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Di Rocco, F., de Laurentis, C. Focus session on sodium fluorescein in pediatric oncological neurosurgery. Childs Nerv Syst 39, 1449–1450 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-023-05957-6

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