ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Intraoperative Lung Ultrasound (ILU) for the Assessment of Pulmonary Nodules.
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- Intraoperative Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Versus Traditional Intraoperative Ultrasound for Detecting Lung Nodules During Robotic-assisted Thoracic Surgery.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2026Article
- Bridging the sensory gap: intraoperative lung ultrasound for deep pulmonary nodule localization in totally endoscopic robotic thoracic surgery.Updates in surgery · 2026Article
- Feasibility and efficiency of ultrahigh-frequency ultrasound for intraoperatively localizing early lung cancer presenting as ground-glass opacity in lung tissue: a prospective study.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Intraoperative Lung Ultrasound in the Detection of Pulmonary Nodules: A Valuable Tool in Thoracic Surgery.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Positioning Method of Pulmonary Nodules in Thoracoscopic Surgery Based on CT Simulation Positioning System for Radiotherapy.Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia · 2025Article
- Role of VATS-US in identifying and characterizing pulmonary nodules: a narrative review.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Review
- Ultrasound for Intra-Operative Detection of Peri-Centimetric Pulmonary Nodules in Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS): A Comparison with Conventional Techniques in Multiportal VATS.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Clinical application of CT-assisted body surface localization combined with intraoperative stereotactic anatomical localization in thoracoscopic lung nodule resection: a single-centre retrospective study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
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- 'Now you can see me, now you don't': seeking the invisible lung nodule.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe primary aim of this study was to confirm the validity of intraoperative lung ultrasound (ILU) as a safe and effective method of localization for difficult to visualize pulmonary nodules during Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) and open thoracotomy. The secondary aim was to enhance knowledge on the morphological patterns of presentation of pulmonary nodules on direct ultrasound examination. MATERIALS AND
methods131 patients with lung nodule and indication for surgery were enrolled. All patients underwent pre-operative imaging of the chest, including Chest Computed Tomography (CT) and Transthoracic Ultrasound (TUS), and surgical procedures for histological assessment of pulmonary nodules (VATS or open thoracotomy).
resultsThe identification of 100.00% of lung nodules was allowed by ILU, while the detection rate of digital palpation was 94.66%. It was not possible to associate any specific ILU echostructural pattern to both benign or malignant lesions. However, the actual histological margins of the lesions in the operating samples were corresponding to those visualized at ILU in 125/131 (95.42%) cases. No complications have been reported with ILU employment.
conclusionsIn our experience, ILU performed during both open surgery and VATS demonstrated to be a reliable and safe method for visualization and localization of pulmonary nodules non previously assessed on digital palpation. In addition, ILU showed to allow a clear nodule's margins' definition matching, in most cases, with the actual histological margins.
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