| Literature DB >> 29600104 |
Hao Li1, Jian Zhou1, Fan Yang1, Jun Wang1.
Abstract
Traditionally, surgeons can only count on their naked eyes to identify the fissure in patients with incomplete fissures, which often cause surgical approach into the fissural parenchyma and may lead to postoperative prolonged air leak (PAL). We describe a novel technique using near-infrared (NIR) thoracoscopy with indocyanine green (ICG) to identify the fissure accurately and real-timely for the first time in a patient with totally fused oblique fissure (Craig grade 4).Entities:
Keywords: Lobectomy; incomplete fissure; near-infrared (NIR)
Year: 2018 PMID: 29600104 PMCID: PMC5863128 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2017.11.122
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Thorac Dis ISSN: 2072-1439 Impact factor: 2.895