ArticleJournal of oncology2019
Uniportal VATS Coil-Assisted Resections for GGOs.
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- Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery resection of subsolid or millimetric nodules using an innovative micro-coil technique: our experience.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
- Preoperative CT-guided localization of pulmonary nodules with low-dose radiation.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- Uniportal versus multiportal VATS segmentectomy: less is more?Translational lung cancer research · 2023Article
- CT-guided placement of microcoil end in the pleural cavity for video-assisted thoracic surgical resection of ground-glass opacity: a retrospective study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2022Article
- Intraoperative identification of pulmonary nodules during minimally invasive thoracic surgery: a narrative review.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2022Review
- Hemorrhagic shock caused by preoperative computed tomography-guided microcoil localization of lung nodules: a case report.BMC surgery · 2022Article
- Determining the invasiveness of ground-glass nodules using a 3D multi-task network.European radiology · 2021Article
- Uniportal VATS approach to sub-lobar anatomic resections: literature review and personal experience.Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundsAlthough uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) theoretically allows the direct palpation of any zone of the lung through a small incision, sometimes it can be difficult to localize pure ground-glass opacities anyway. The aim of this study is to evaluate the usefulness and safety of preoperative computed tomography (CT)-guided microcoil localization of GGO nodules in patients undergoing uniportal VATS lung resection.
methodsThe clinical data and CT images of 30 consecutive patients (30 pulmonary nodules) who underwent preoperative CT-guided coil localization and subsequent uniportal VATS resection, from January 2017 to October 2018, were reviewed.
resultsAll the CT-localization procedures have been performed with success (30/30) and the mean procedure time was 35±15 minutes. The mean size of the nodules was 15,53±6,72 mm, and the mean distance of the nodules from the pleural surface was 19,08±12,08 mm. Eleven nodules (36,7%) were pure ground-glass opacities and 19 (63,3%) were mixed ground-glass with a solid component of 50% or more. In 5 cases, the localization procedure was complicated by asymptomatic pneumothoraxes and in 1 case the pneumothorax required chest tube insertion. In any case a conversion to thoracotomy was avoided because all nodules were identified and resected through uniportal VATS.
conclusionsPreoperative CT-guided coil localization seems to be a feasible, safe, and accurate procedure. It makes uniportal VATS an easy approach even for resecting small, deep, and impalpable nodules.
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