Open AccessLow-dose indocyanine green fluorescence-navigated segmentectomy: prospective analysis of 20 cases and review of previous reports
Author(s) -
Nozomu Motono,
Shun Iwai,
Aika Funasaki,
Atsushi Sekimura,
Katsuo Usuda,
Hidetaka Uramoto
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.02.70
Subject(s) - indocyanine green , medicine , thoracoscopy , lung , fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy , lung cancer , radiology , perioperative , surgery , nuclear medicine , pathology , fluorescence , physics , quantum mechanics
A technique of visualizing the demarcation line based with indocyanine green (ICG) was recently developed, and its utility was reported. We demonstrated the safety and utility of low-dose (5 mg/body) ICG fluorescence-navigated video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy.