ArticleTherapeutic advances in respiratory disease
Preoperative computed tomography-guided coil localization for multiple lung nodules.
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- Preoperative and intraoperative localization of small pulmonary nodules for thoracoscopic surgery: a contemporary narrative review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- One-stage vs. two-stage thoracoscopic surgery for synchronous bilateral pulmonary nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Review
- Preoperative computed tomography-guided localization for pulmonary nodules: a randomized controlled trial of coil and anchored needle localization.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2024Article
- Simultaneous Patent Blue Dye Injections Aid in the Preoperative CT-Guided Localization of Multiple Pulmonary Nodules.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Computed tomography-guided simultaneous coil localization of multiple pulmonary nodules before video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2022Article
- Computed tomography-guided localization for multiple pulmonary nodules: a meta-analysis.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2021Article
- Preoperative computed tomography-guided coil localization of sub-centimeter lung nodules.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2021Article
- Trans-scapular approach coil localization for scapular-blocked pulmonary nodules: a retrospective study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2021Article
- Single-Stage Pulmonary Resection via a Combination of Single Hookwire Localization and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Synchronous Multiple Pulmonary Nodules.Technology in cancer research & treatmentArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPreoperative computed tomography (CT)-guided coil localization can increase the technical success of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)-guided diagnostic wedge resection of lung nodules relative to cases treated without localization. When multiple lung nodules (MLNs) are to be resected, preoperative localization for each lung nodule is required. The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility, safety, and clinical efficacy of preoperative CT-guided coil localization of MLNs.
methodsBetween November 2015 and July 2019, 31 patients with MLNs were assessed
resultsIn total, 68 nodules (average of 2.2 nodules/patient) were localized and resected using this approach. Nodules were unilateral and bilateral in 23 and 8 patients, respectively. The rate of CT-guided coil localization technical success for these nodules was 98.5% (67/68), with a technical success rate of single-stage coil localization on a per-patient basis of 96.8% (30/31). Following localization, asymptomatic pneumothorax occurred in four patients (12.9%). The wedge resection technical success rate was 100%. Mean VATS operative time was 167.3 ± 75.2 min, with a mean blood loss of 92.6 ± 61.5 ml. Patients were followed between 3 and 46 months (median: 24 months), with no evidence of new nodules, distant metastases, or postoperative complications in any patients.
conclusionPreoperative CT-guided multiple coil localization can be easily and safely used to guide single-stage VATS diagnostic wedge resection in patients with MLNs.
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