Near-infrared intraoperative imaging with indocyanine green is beneficial in video-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy for patients with chronic lung diseases: a retrospective single-center propensity-score matched analysis

Abstract Objective To investigate whether video-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy using near-infrared fluorescence imaging had better intersegmental plane visualization and peri-operative outcome in patients with chronic lung diseases. Methods Data were collected retrospectively from March 2014 a...

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Main Authors: Zhengcheng Liu, Rusong Yang, Hui Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-020-01310-z