ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2022
Preoperative computed tomography-guided localization for multiple pulmonary nodules: comparison of methylene blue and coil.
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- Use of methylene blue and a spring microcoil in the preoperative localization of small pulmonary nodules under CT guidance: a meta-analysis.The Journal of international medical research · 2023Pooled it
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- Comparison of computed tomography-guided core needle biopsy of pulmonary nodules performed with and without the coaxial technique.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2024Article
- Factors influencing the accuracy and safety of preoperative computed tomography (CT)-guided soft hook-wire localization for pulmonary nodules: a comprehensive analysis.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Presurgical computed tomography-guided localization of lung ground glass nodules: comparing hook-wire and indocyanine green.World journal of surgical oncology · 2024Article
- A novel preoperative image-guided localization for small pulmonary nodule resection using a claw-suture device.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Preoperative computed tomography-guided transscapular sens-cure needle localization for pulmonary nodule located behind the scapula.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2023Article
- Computed tomography-guided indocyanine green localization of multiple ipsilateral lung nodules.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2023Article
- '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
backgroundPreoperative computed tomography (CT)-guided localization has been used to guide the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) sublobar (wedge or segmental) resection for pulmonary nodules (PNs). We aimed to assess the relative efficacy and safety of CT-guided methylene blue (MB)- and coil-based approaches to the preoperative localization of multiple PNs (MPNs).
methodsBetween January 2015 and December 2020, 31 total cases suffering from MPNs at our hospital underwent CT-guided localization and subsequent VATS resection in our hospital, of whom 15 and 16 respectively underwent MB localization (MBL) and coil localization (CL). The clinical effectiveness and complication rates were compared between 2 groups.
resultsThe PN- and patient-based technical success rates in the MBL group were both 100%, whereas in the CL group they were 97.2% (35/36) and 93.8% (15/16), respectively, with no substantial discrepancies between groups. Patients in the MBL group illustrated a substantially shorter CT-guided localization duration compared with the CL group (18 min vs. 29.5 min, P < 0.001). Pneumothorax rates (P = 1.000) and lung hemorrhage (P = 1.000) were comparable in both groups. In the MBL and CL groups, the median interval between localization and VATS was 1 h and 15.5 h, respectively (P < 0.001). One-stage VATS sublobar resection of the target nodules was successfully performed in all patients from both groups.
conclusionBoth CT-guided MBL and CL can be readily and safely utilized for preoperative localization in individuals who had MPNs, with MBL being correlated with a shorter localization duration compared with CL.
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