Clinical application of near-infrared thoracoscope with indocyanine green in video-assisted thoracoscopic bullectomy.

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Failure to identify all the possible bullous lesions was considered an important reason for the higher recurrence rate after the VATS bullectomy. We applied the latest near-infrared (NIR) thoracoscope with indocyanine green (ICG) to detect bullous lesions for patients with spontaneous pneumothorax. Two male patients with spontaneous pneumothorax and poorly identified bullae intraoperatively were included in this pilot study. An NIR thoracoscope with two different doses of ICG injection (0.2 and 0.6 mg/kg) was used to detect bullous lesions during VATS bullectomy. Partial lung resections of the bullous lesions were performed under syncretic mode. Data was managed with ImageJ software. No procedure-related complications were observed. The fluorescent signal was detected in

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4958843 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature