Optimal identification of the intersegmental plane can be challenging during thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy for lung cancer. We describe a simple new method of infrared-fluorescence-enhanced thoracoscopy with selected injection of indocyanine green into the bronchi not targeted for resection, which allows us to clearly identify the intersegmental plane in thoracoscopic segmentectomy.
Keywords: Infrared; VATS; indiocyanine green; lung cancer; metastasis; segmental plane; segmentectomy; video-assisted thoracic surgery.