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ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
AME PUBLISHING COMPANY
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2019.01.41
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Pulmonary nodules; ultrasonography; video-associated thoracoscopic surgery (VATS); localization; ground-glass opacity (GGO)
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- Ministry of Science and Technology [MST 106-2314-B-002-241-MY2]
- National Taiwan University Hospital of the Republic of China [NTUH 107 FTN21]
- National Taiwan University College of Medicine of the Republic of China [NTUH 107 FTN21]
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In low-dose CT screening era, an ideal preoperative localization method is essential for resection of small and deep-seated pulmonary nodules by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). This article focuses on intraoperative ultrasonography localization method during thoracoscopy. Performing ultrasonography intraoperatively is a real-time and alternative approach to localize small, non-visible and non-palpable pulmonary lesions without injury to lung parenchyma. Its widespread usage has been limited due to the air in the lung parenchyma; however, its application can be useful in some conditions with guidance to find the lesion.
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