title: Thoracoscopic surgery for lung emphysema using an infrared camera.
abstract: Localized emphysema is difficult to detect on normal thoracoscopy. Indocyanine green (ICG) was used to precisely delineate an emphysematous lesion using an infrared camera system in a 75-year-old woman with a large emphysematous lesion in the right lower lobe. Due to repeated infections of the emphysematous lesion, right basal segmentectomy for localized lung emphysema was performed. During surgery, ICG (0.5 mg/kg) was injected intravenously, and the emphysematous lesion was detected as a fluorescence defect. This method could be used for precise resection of large emphysematous lesions because it permits clear detection with a small amount of ICG.
authors.forename: Keitaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: Tomoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Takuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomoshige
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagayasu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation*