Optical Biopsy for Peritoneal Nodules in Colorectal Patients

During surgery, peritoneal metastasis is typically confirmed pathologically through resection sample. However, this process can be time-consuming when utilizing intro-operative frozen section pathology. To address this issue, we propose utilizing confocal laser endomicroscopy to provide in situ, real-time, and in-vivo diagnosis of suspected peritoneal nodules as cancer metastasis during surgery.