ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2022
Comparison of the effectiveness of anchoring needles and coils in localizing multiple nodules in the lung.
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- Comparison of CT-guided suture hook anchor and indocyanine green localization for multiple pulmonary nodules.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Preoperative computed tomography-guided localization for pulmonary nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis of soft hook-wire and coil localization.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- A novel localization technique for margin distance assessment of deep-seated small pulmonary nodules in thoracoscopic wedge resection: a retrospective study.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Preoperative computed tomography-guided localization pulmonary nodules: comparison between accura and soft anchored wires.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Preoperative computed tomography-guided localization of pulmonary ground‑glass nodules: a comparison of conventional and soft hook‑wires.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2024Article
- 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
- Robotic-assisted CT-guided percutaneous pulmonary nodules localization by hook-wire needles: a retrospective observational study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
- 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
- Preoperative computed tomography-guided localization for pulmonary nodules: comparison between hook-wire and anchored needle localization.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2024Article
- Computed tomography-guided indocyanine green localization of multiple ipsilateral lung nodules.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2023Article
- Comparison of three-dimensional reconstruction and CT-guided Hook-wire segmental resection for pulmonary nodules: a propensity score matching study.World journal of surgical oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecently, a new type of pulmonary nodule positioning needle has been adopted clinically. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new type of localization needles compared with coils for the simultaneous localization of multiple pulmonary nodules guided by computed tomography (CT) prior to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). MATERIALS AND
methodsFrom January 2021 to March 2022, 87 pulmonary nodules from 40 patients were localized using the new localization needle. From January 2020 to December 2020, 68 pulmonary nodules in 31 patients were localized using coils. The relative outcomes were compared.
resultsThe success rate of pulmonary nodule localization in the needle group was 97.7% while that in the coil group was 98.5%. In the needle group, the time needed to locate the first nodule was significantly shorter than in the coil group (10.9 min vs. 17.2 min, P = 0.001). Moreover, the time needed per patient was also significantly shorter for the needle group compared with the coil group (23.7 min vs. 30 min, P = 0.017). The incidence of pneumothorax in the needle group was 25.0% vs. 12.9% in the coil group (P = 0.204). The rate of pulmonary hemorrhage in the needle group was 40.0% vs. 32.3% in the coil group (P = 0.502). The success rate of VATS wedge resection was 100% in both groups.
conclusionBoth disposable pulmonary nodule localization needles and coils are safe and effective for CT-guided localization of multiple pulmonary nodules of the same stage prior to VATS. However, the use of needles is time-saving compared with the use of coils. The coil localization may exhibit better safety than needle localization.
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