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Electromagnetic Navigation Transthoracic Nodule Localization for Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
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Navigational bronchoscopy-guided dye marking to assist resection of a small lung nodule
Jennifer L Sullivan1, Michael G Martin2, Benny Weksler1
1Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Journal of Visualized Surgery
|October 29, 2017
Abstract:
Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy (ENB) can be used to dye mark nodules that are difficult to identify during minimally invasive lung resection thoracic surgery. This case report describes the technique of ENB to identify and resect a suspicious small pulmonary nodule in a patient undergoing resection of lung adenocarcinoma.

