1. Preoperative Computed Tomography-Guided Localization of Ground-Glass Opacities With Metallic Clip
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Chiang Jeng Tyng, Paula Nicole Vieira Pinto Barbosa, Marcus V.B. Baranauskas, Marcos Duarte Guimarães, Maria Fernanda Arruda Almeida, João Paulo K. Matsushita, Rubens Chojniak, and Almir Galvão Vieira Bitencourt
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Image-Guided Biopsy ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Surgical resection ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Lung Neoplasms ,Computed tomography ,Adenocarcinoma ,Risk Assessment ,Sampling Studies ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ,Preoperative Care ,Humans ,Medicine ,Pneumonectomy ,Aged ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted ,business.industry ,Solitary Pulmonary Nodule ,Middle Aged ,Surgical Instruments ,Treatment Outcome ,Female ,Surgery ,Radiology ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
Intraoperative localization of ground-glass opacities is difficult because they are not easy to palpate and may be invisible at radioscopy. Therefore, various techniques have been developed to improve intraoperative localization of these lesions, allowing an adequate surgical resection. The aim of this study is to report two cases of preoperative localization of ground-glass opacities through computed tomography-guided placement of a metallic clip inside the lesion and to discuss this new technique in comparison with those previously described.
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- 2013
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