Microwave Ablation of Lung Tissue: Impact of Single-Lung Ventilation on Ablation Size Ricardo S. Santos, MD, Jianmin Gan, MD, Carl J. Ohara, MD, Benedict Daly, MD, Michael I. Ebright, MD, Michael Desimone, MS, Hiran C. Fernando, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 90, Issue 4, Pages 1116-1119 (October 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.068 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Ventilated lung showing ablation area with clear demarcation from normal lung tissue. Cavities next to bronchus are caused by needle tracks. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1116-1119DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.068) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Nonventilated lung showing clearly demarcated ablation area. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1116-1119DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.068) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Ventilated lung tissue using hematoxylin and eosin stain (×40). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1116-1119DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.068) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Ventilated lung using nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide vital stain. Arrow points to line of demarcation differentiating viable (upper blue staining) from nonviable (lower nonstaining) tissue (×40). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1116-1119DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.068) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Nonventilated lung tissue with hematoxylin and eosin. Arrow points to line of demarcation separating viable (upper right) from nonviable (lower left) tissue (×40). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1116-1119DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.068) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 6 Nonventilated lung tissue using nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide vital stain. Arrow points to line of demarcation separating viable (blue staining on right) from nonviable (nonstaining on left) tissue (×40). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1116-1119DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.068) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions