Indocyanine green imaging for pulmonary segmentectomy

[Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy Using Infrared Thoracoscopy with Indocyanine Green].

The maintenance of a good surgical view is mandatory in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). For routine segmentectomy, it is necessary to re-inflate the lung in order to identify the intersegmental borders. However, such re-inflation can occasionally obstruct the surgical view and can lead to prolongation of operation time, particularly in the context of VATS. Infrared thoracoscopy( IR...

Thoracoscopic Anatomical Lung Segmentectomy using Fluorescence Navigation with Indocyanine Green

Purpose: Detection of the intersegmental line during thoracoscopic segmentectomy is sometimes difficult. We describe a newly evolved technology using indocyanine green (ICG)-fluorescence navigation during this procedure. Description: We performed thoracoscopic right segments 8 and 9 anatomical segmentectomy on a 48-year-old man with pulmonary metastasis of osteosarcoma. Preoperative three-dimen...

VATS segmentectomy for pulmonary metastasis.

In-House Handmade Camera for Indocyanine Green Video Angiography

Background and Aim: Vascular imaging during surgical procedures is very important and has many applications.  There are several methods for intraoperative vascular assessment such as intraoperative angiography, Doppler, and fluorescence-based techniques. The latter group and specially the Indocyanine Green (ICG) Video Angiography (VA) is commonly used for vascular surgery and sentinel node...

Total thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy.

OBJECTIVE In lung resection, thoracoscopy has been mainly used for wedge resection and lobectomy. There have been very few reports on pulmonary segmentectomy, mainly because of its complex nature. The present report evaluates the safety and efficacy of thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy for the treatment of benign lung diseases or small lung carcinomas. METHODS The study involved 30 patien...