Near-infrared guided pulmonary segmentectomy following endobronchial indocyanine green injection.

CONCLUSIONS: NIR-guided pulmonary segmentectomy with endobronchial ICG injection using virtual bronchoscopy was safe and feasible, and minor technical revision can make this procedure more reliable.
PMID: 31586621 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - October 2, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Wada H, Yamamoto T, Morimoto J, Sakairi Y, Suzuki H, Nakajima T, Yoshino I Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research