Video-assisted thoracoscopic indocyanine green fluorescence imaging system shows sentinel lymph nodes in non-small-cell lung cancer.

OBJECTIVE The primary objective was to assess the feasibility and accuracy of intraoperative sentinel lymph node mapping by using a video-assisted thoracoscopic indocyanine green fluorescence imaging system in patients with clinical stage I non-small-cell lung cancer. METHODS Thirty-one patients who underwent operation between January 2009 and September 2009 were investigated for sentinel node biopsy. Indocyanine green fluorescence imaging was applied by an infrared light charge-coupled device, and sentinel nodes were identified intraoperatively and dissected. Histologic examination by hematoxylin-eosin staining was used to evaluate metastases. RESULTS Sentinel lymph nodes were identified by segmentectomy in 11 of 14 patients (78.5%) and by lobectomy in 14 of 17 patients (82.4%). The total identification rate was 80.7% (25/31 patients), the false-negative rate was 0% (0/24 patients), and the overall accuracy rate was 80.7% (25/31 patients). CONCLUSION Video-assisted thoracoscopic indocyanine green fluorescence image-guided surgery is feasible for sentinel node biopsy and may be a powerful tool to eliminate unnecessary lymph node dissection in patients with lung cancer.

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