Preoperative CT-Guided Near-Infrared Dye Marking for Thoracoscopic Resection of Pulmonary Nodules: A Case Report

Emanuele Voulaz; Alberto Testori; Felice D'Antuono; Umberto Cariboni; Marco Alloisio; Giuseppe Mangiameli

doi:10.3389/fsurg.2022.919227

Preoperative CT-Guided Near-Infrared Dye Marking for Thoracoscopic Resection of Pulmonary Nodules: A Case Report

Front Surg. 2022 Jun 8:9:919227. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.919227. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Emanuele Voulaz^{1

2}, Alberto Testori², Felice D'Antuono³, Umberto Cariboni², Marco Alloisio^{1

2}, Giuseppe Mangiameli^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Italy.
² Division of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy.
³ Divisioni of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy.

Abstract

Localization of small-sized pulmonary nodules is challenging during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Several preoperative strategies have been developed to mark these targets. We describe our localization strategy using a preoperative computed tomography-guided near-infrared dye marking.

Keywords: CT guide; indocyanin green (ICG); lung metastases; lung resection; preoperative marking for pulmonary nodule.

Publication types

Case Reports