Three-dimensional computed tomography and indocyanine green-guided technique for pulmonary sequestration surgery

Patients with pulmonary sequestration are at risk of life-threatening bleeding during lung resection. To perform safe and adequate lung resection in patients with pulmonary sequestration, we utilized the following combination of techniques: (1) three-dimensional computed tomographic (3D-CT) imaging for preoperative planning and intraoperative identification of blood vessels, including aberrant arteries, and (2) intraoperative intravenous administration of indocyanine green (ICG). We describe our surgical technique through three cases who underwent lung resection for pulmonary sequestration using 3D-CT and fluorescence navigation with ICG. Intraoperative identification and division of the aberrant arteries, draining veins, and resection margins of the lungs were successfully completed.