Placement of markers to assist minimally invasive resection of peripheral lung lesions

Ricardo Velasquez; Alvaro Martin; Mohammad Abu Hishmeh; Lawrence DeLorenzo; Samjot Singh Dhillon; Kassem Harris

doi:10.21037/atm.2019.03.50

Placement of markers to assist minimally invasive resection of peripheral lung lesions

Ann Transl Med. 2019 Aug;7(15):360. doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.03.50.

Authors

Ricardo Velasquez¹, Alvaro Martin¹, Mohammad Abu Hishmeh¹, Lawrence DeLorenzo¹, Samjot Singh Dhillon², Kassem Harris³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
² Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Interventional Pulmonary, The Permanente Medical Group, Roseville and Sacramento, CA, USA.
³ Interventional Pulmonology Section, Pulmonary Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.

Abstract

With development of lung cancer screening programs and increased utilization of radiographic imaging there is significantly higher detection of smaller lung nodules and subsolid lesions. These nodules could be malignant and pose a diagnostic challenge. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) represent minimally invasive methods for tissue sampling. Intraoperative identification of these lesions maybe difficult, requiring marking prior to surgery. We review different techniques for the placement of markers to assist in the resection of peripheral lung lesions (PLL).

Keywords: Peripheral lung lesions (PLL); bronchoscopy; markers; tattoo.

Publication types

Review