Localization of peripheral pulmonary lesions to aid surgical resection: a novel approach for electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopic dye marking

摘要

OBJECTIVES: Video-assisted thoracoscopic sublobar resection of ultra-small, non-visible and non-palpable pulmonary lesions is challenging. The purpose of this study was to explore an alternative and efficient method for the localization of pulmonary lesions using electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB).