Intraoperative needle localization during neck reexploration
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Electromagnetic Navigation Transthoracic Nodule Localization for Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Published on: May 4, 2022
Pamela Zimmerman1, Monica DaSilva, Roberto Izquierdo
1Department of Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 E. Adams St., Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
Background:
Recurrent cervical adenopathy can be difficult to identify intraoperatively during a neck reexploration. Although local preoperative imaging techniques are available, these are not useful in the operative theater.
Methods:
We introduce an intraoperative technique of ultrasound-guided needle localization to identify and guide the resection of suspicious cervical lymphadenopathy.
Conclusions:
This intraoperative approach to localizing the suspicious lymph node under ultrasound-guided needle localization makes surgical extirpation of lymph node metastasis easy.
