Table 1.
Case | Location | Diameter (mm) | Suzuki class | Distance from pleura (mm) | Dye marking | Fiducial Marker | Procedure | Operation duration (minutes) | Needle tip to lesion distance (mm) | Navigation success | Localization success |
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1 | RUL | 3.5 | 2 | 13 | + | − | RUL + RLL wedge | 204 | 8 | + | + |
2 | LUL | 4 | 6 | 15.6 | + | + | LUL + LLL wedge | 210 | 4 | + | + |
3 | RLL | 10 | 2 | 13 | + | + | RLL wedge then lobectomy | 313 | 5 | + | + |
4 | LLL | 14 | 2 | 5 | + | + | LLL apical segmentectomy | 253 | 10 | + | + |
5 | LLL | 10 | 1 | 0 | + | + | LUL lobectomy + LLL wedge | 332 | 8 | + | +/−a |
RUL, right upper lobe; LUL, left upper lobe; RLL, right lower lobe; LLL, left lower lobe.
a Intraoperatively, neither ICG nor methylene blue dye were visualized, but eventual localization was successful using fiducial marker position under fluoroscopy screening.