Comparison of CT-guided suture hook anchor and indocyanine green localization for multiple pulmonary nodules.
Indocyanine green localized lung nodules far faster than suture hook anchor before surgery
Comparison of CT-guided suture hook anchor and indocyanine green localization for multiple pulmonary nodules.
The preoperative application of computed tomography (computed tomography), particularly suture hook anchor (suture hook anchor) and indocyanine green (indocyanine green) injection, for guiding the localization of pulmonary nodules (pulmonary nodules) is increasingly used.
Consecutive cases with multiple pulmonary nodules that received suture hook anchor or indocyanine green under computed tomography guidance before video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery between January 2022 and December 2024 were retrospectively analyzed.
indocyanine green localized nodules more than twice as fast as suture hook anchor
All patients successfully underwent one-stage localization and subsequent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery resection.
The technical success rates for both procedures were 100%.
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery limited resections were technically successful in all patients (100% in both groups), with all nodules resected in a single operative session.
Both suture hook anchor and indocyanine green-mediated localization under computed tomography guidance safe and effective for the preoperative evaluation of multiple pulmonary nodules.
While outcomes were similar across both methods, indocyanine green localization demonstrated the advantage of significantly reduced localization time, suggesting it may be a more time-efficient option in clinical practice.