Abstract
Computed tomography (CT)-body divergence limits the accuracy of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) in peripheral lung lesions diagnosis. We developed intraprocedural CT-guided navigation with ventilatory strategy for atelectasis (ICNVA) ENB for patients with peripheral lung lesions. Retrospective observational study in which ten consecutive patients with pulmonary lesions (without bronchial direct connection) underwent ICNVA-ENB was conducted. During ICNVA-ENB, intraoperative CT data were used for ENB path planning, and a new ventilation strategy were employed to help maintain the pulmonary region in a static and inflation state which reduce CT to body divergence. We collected three sets of CT data: preENB CT, post-anesthesia intubation CT, and postENB CT. To evaluate the accuracy of ICNVA-ENB, we measured the distance between the ENB probe and the actual lesion location, but also recorded the results of rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE), and postoperative pathology. To evaluate the impact of CT-body divergence induced by atelectasis, we calculated the mutual position distance of target lesions in preENB CT, post-anesthesia intubation CT and postENB CT. Furthermore, ENB operation time and operative complications were recorded. Our analysis revealed that the distance between the navigation probe with the actual location of lesion center was 4-10 (5.90±1.73) mm. The ROSE results were consistent with the postoperative pathological diagnosis in 9 out of 10 patients (90%). The ICNVA-ENB atelectasis CT-body divergence was smaller than traditional ENB (12.10±3.67 vs. 6.60±2.59 mm, P<0.01). The ENB operation time was 20-53 (29.30±10.14) minutes and one patient developed slight intrapulmonary hemorrhage. ICNVA-ENB can reduce the CT-body divergence and appears to be safe and accurate for patients with peripheral lung lesions.
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