Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2023 Mar;37(3):2388-2394.
doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09768-9. Epub 2022 Nov 18.

Use of a radiofrequency identification system for precise sublobar resection of small lung cancers

Yuichiro Ueda  1 , Shohei Mitsumata  2 , Haruki Matsunaga  2 , Shiro Kaneda  2 , Kensuke Midorikawa  2 , So Miyahara  2 , Keita Tokuishi  2 , Hiroyasu Nakajima  2 , Ryuichi Waseda  2 , Takeshi Shiraishi  2 , Toshihiko Sato  2
Affiliations

Use of a radiofrequency identification system for precise sublobar resection of small lung cancers

Yuichiro Ueda et al. Surg Endosc. 2023 Mar.

Abstract

Background: The incidence of sublobar resection is increasing because of the rise in the detection of small lung cancers. However, local recurrence needs to be addressed, and several methods are needed for the resection with secure margins of non-visible and non-palpable tumors.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the use of a radiofrequency identification (RFID) system in sublobar resection of adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA) at our institute.

Results: From June 2020 to June 2022, 39 patients underwent sublobar resection for AIS or MIA. The median age was 69 years (interquartile range, 64-76). Among the 39 patients, 24 were diagnosed with AIS and 15 with MIA. Segmentectomy, subsegmentectomy, and wedge resection were performed in nine, six, and 24 patients, respectively. The median size of the target tumor was 9.0 mm (8.1-12.9) and the median distance between the tag and the tumor was 2.9 mm (0-7.5). The median pathological surgical margin was 15.0 mm (10-17.5). Complete resection of all lesions was performed with a secure surgical margin. The median follow-up duration was 6 months, during which no local recurrence was detected in any of the patients.

Conclusions: The RFID marking system accurately informed the surgeons of the tumor location and helped them to perform precise sublobar resection.

Keywords: Precise sublobar resection; Radiofrequency identification marking; Subsegmentectomy; Surgical margin.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

References

    1. Aberle DR, Adams AM, Berg CD, Black WC, Clapp JD, Fagerstrom RM, Gareen IF, Gatsonis C, Marcus PM, Sicks JD (2011) National lung screening trial research team. Reduced lung-cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomographic screening. N Engl J Med 365(5):395–409 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Suzuki K, Watanabe SI, Wakabayashi M, Saji H, Aokage K, Moriya Y, Yoshino I, Tsuboi M, Nakamura S, Nakamura K, Mitsudomi T, Asamura H (2022) West Japan Oncology group and Japan clinical oncology group. A single-arm study of sublobar resection for ground-glass opacity dominant peripheral lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 163(1):289-301.e2 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Saji H, Okada M, Tsuboi M, Nakajima R, Suzuki K, Aokage K, Aoki T, Okami J, Yoshino I, Ito H, Okumura N, Yamaguchi M, Ikeda N, Wakabayashi M, Nakamura K, Fukuda H, Nakamura S, Mitsudomi T, Watanabe SI, Asamura H (2022) West Japan oncology group and Japan clinical oncology group. Segmentectomy versus lobectomy in small-sized peripheral non-small-cell lung cancer (JCOG0802/WJOG4607L): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. Lancet 399(10335):1607–1617 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Okami J, Shintani Y, Okumura M, Ito H, Ohtsuka T, Toyooka S, Mori T, Watanabe SI, Date H, Yokoi K, Asamura H, Nagayasu T, Miyaoka E, Yoshino I (2019) Japanese joint committee of lung cancer registry. Demographics, safety and quality, and prognostic information in both the seventh and eighth editions of the TNM classification in 18,973 surgical cases of the Japanese joint committee of lung cancer registry database in 2010. J Thorac Oncol 14(2):212–222 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Yutaka Y, Sato T, Matsushita K, Aiba H, Muranishi Y, Sakaguchi Y, Sugiura T, Okada M, Nakamura T, Date H (2018) Three-dimensional Navigation for thoracoscopic sublobar resection using a novel wireless marking system. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 30(2):230–237 - DOI - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources