Small pulmonary lesions can be difficult to localize during video-assisted thoracoscopic
surgery. Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) dye marking of the lesion,
particularly when guided by cone beam computed tomography in the hybrid operating
room (HOR), is an emerging approach. However, issues with confirmation of dye injection
and intraoperative visualization of the colored dye can be unpredictable and challenging.
To address these uncertainties, we present our technique of ENB dye marking localization
of lung nodule using the triple-contrast dye method in the HOR.
Keywords
dye marking - electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy - hybrid operating room - indocyanine
green - video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
