Advantages of a larger working channel diameter of ultrathin bronchoscope in cone-beam computed tomography-guided transbronchial biopsy for diagnosing peripheral lung lesions.

Background And Objective: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)-guided transbronchial biopsy (TBB) using an ultrathin bronchoscope (UTB) under virtual bronchoscopic navigation (VBN) is a useful method for diagnosing peripheral pulmonary lesions. A 1.2 mm working channel UTB (SC-UTB) and a 1.

Intraoperative Transbronchial Metallic Coil Marking for Small Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions in a Hybrid Operation Room.

: Computed tomography (CT)-guided transbronchial metallic coil marking is useful for identifying the locations of small peripheral pulmonary lesions. Even deeply located lesions may be accurately identified and resected with adequate margins. This method is also applicable to multiple lesions.

Intraoperative transbronchial metallic coil marking guided by mobile 3D C-arm for resection of a small peripheral lung lesion.

Sublober resection of small peripheral lung lesions using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery may require marking and confirmation using 3D imaging in the interventional radiology suite or in the hybrid operating room (HOR) before surgery is started. We report a novel approach for intraoperative transbronchial metallic coil marking followed by thoracoscopic wedge resection in a conventional operating room under mobile 3D C-arm guidance. Under general anesthesia, an ultrathin video-bronchoscope was inserted into an objective bronchus guided with virtual bronchoscopic navigation, and a coil-feeding microcatheter was introduced through the bronchoscope's channel.

Impact of interstitial lung disease gender-age-physiology index in surgically treated lung cancer.

Background: The postoperative prognosis of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and lung cancer is poor. Recently, the ILD-gender-age-physiology (GAP) index was identified as a clinical prognostic factor for patients with ILD. This study investigated the ILD-GAP index and oncological factors regarding postoperative outcomes.