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ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2023

Preoperative small pulmonary nodule localisation using hookwires or coils: strategy selection in adverse events.

Tao Zuo, Zhaoming Gao, Tao Zhang, Bing Wen, Baojun Chen, Ping Jiang

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Article in Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. 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 · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Tao Zuo *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tongji Medical College, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China.
Zhaoming Gao *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Binzhou People's Hospital, Binzhou, China.
Tao Zhang *Department of Neurosurgery, Tongji Medical College, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China.
Bing WenDepartment of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Huanhu West Rd, Tianjin, China.
Baojun ChenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Tongji Medical College, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. zuotaowuhan@sina.com.
Ping JiangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430071, China. 415894996@qq.com.
Central Hospital of Wuhan · CNBinzhou People's Hospital · CNHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNTianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital · CNWuhan University · CN

Funding

Wuhan Health Science Foundation WZ20Y05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis is a retrospective study of adverse events associated with preoperative computed tomography (CT)-guided hookwire or coil localisation. We analysed the experience and process flaws in resecting ground-glass nodules (GGNs) through video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and determined the remedial strategy.

methodsAdverse events were evaluated in 40 patients with 45 GGNs who underwent CT-guided hookwire or coil localisation before VATS. For lesions not successfully marked or detected, palpation, resection of the highly suspected area, segmentectomy or lobectomy was performed.

resultsAmong all adverse events, 15 were dislodgement of the marking materials, 5 were breakaway of the marking materials, 7 were > 2 cm distance between the lesions and the tips, 3 was marking material across the two adjacent lobes, 15 were pneumothorax and 2 were certain parts of marking materials stuck into the chest wall. All GGNs were resected successfully. 20 lesions were detected by palpation. 9 GGNs were discovered after the resection of highly suspected areas. Segmentectomies and lobectomies were performed directly on 7 and 9 GGNs, respectively.

conclusionsWhen adverse events occur, a second intraoperative localisation, by resecting the highly suspected area either through non-anatomical resection (wedge resection) or anatomical resection (segmentectomy or lobectomy) using the VATS should be considered the alternatives for GGNs localization.

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PneumothoraxThoracic WallHumansRetrospective StudiesThoracic Surgery, Video-AssistedTomography, X-Ray ComputedCT-guided localisationGround-glass noduleLung cancerVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

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PMID37488567
PMCPMC10367412
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