Virtual-assisted lung mapping 2.0: preoperative bronchoscopic three-dimensional lung mapping.

CONCLUSIONS: This study confirmed the safety and feasibility of VAL-MAP 2.0. This technique effectively assisted surgeons to obtain sufficient resection margins in sublobar lung resection, even when removing deeply located lesions.
PMID: 30849333 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - March 4, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Sato M, Nagayama K, Kobayashi M, Nakajima J Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research