Diagnosis of visceral pleural invasion using confocal laser endomicroscopy during lung cancer surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Visceral pleural invasion (VPI) in lung cancer is a significant prognostic factor; however, it is difficult to diagnose preoperatively or intraoperatively. In this study, we examined the possibility of intraoperative diagnosis of VPI using confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE).

Methods

Among patients with primary lung cancer who underwent surgery between April 2018 and August 2019, those in whom the tumor was in contact with the pleura on chest computed tomography and whose pleural changes were intraoperatively confirmed were enrolled in this study. In the 35 patients who underwent lung resection (6 cases with visceral pleural infiltration), the area where pleural change was noted was observed and a short video was recorded using CLE. Based on the video images, thre

SUBMITTER: Sawada T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8411182 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature