A novel fluorescent lung-marking technique using the photodynamic diagnosis endoscope system and vitamin B2

OBJECTIVES For small pulmonary nodules that are unidentifiable by palpation or in endoscopic surgeries wherein palpation is not feasible, visualizing their location is necessary when performing pulmonary sublobar resection procedures, such as wedge resection or segmentectomy. We invented a new transbronchial lung-marking technique using the photodynamic diagnosis endoscope system and vitamin B2 and examined its feasibility and safety via porcine...