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[Localization of lung nodules with CT-guided hookwire before videothoracoscopic surgery]
M T Fernández1, A Bustos, J Ferreirós
1Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid.
Medicina Clinica
|April 29, 2000
Abstract
Purpose:
To localize peripheral lung nodules under CT guidance using hookwires, prior to video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).
Patients And Methods:
Twenty-two pulmonary nodules were localized with a hookwire under CT guidance. The visceral pleura was stained with methylene blue. VATS was performed thereafter.
Results:
All nodules were successfully localized and resected without significant complications.
Conclusions:
In select cases, localization of pulmonary nodules with hook wire and methylene blue allows the thoracoscopic resection of unaccessible lesions.