Clinical Value and Application of Preoperative CT-guided Hookwire Localization of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules for Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery

Overview

Journal Technol Health Care

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialties Biomedical Engineering
Biotechnology
Health Services

Date 2022 Feb 6

PMID 35124620

Authors

Gen Yan

Xiaofang Cheng

Shuohua Wu

Yuxi Ge

Shanhua Li

Yinghua Xuan

Affiliations

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Abstract

Background: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a minimally invasive technique for the diagnosis and management of small pulmonary nodular lesions However, the identification of some lung nodules remains difficult.

Objective: This research aimed to investigate the clinical value of preoperative computed tomography (CT)-guided hookwire localization of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) for thoracoscopic resection.

Methods: Seventy-one patients with 74 SPNs underwent VATS wedge resection after CT-guided hookwire localization. The mean diameter of the SPNs was 8.50 ± 4.53 mm,,besides, the mean distance from the SPNs to the parietal pleura was 16.81 ± 5.23 mm.

Results: Sixty-nine of the 74 nodules were successfully localized using a CT-guided hookwire. The success rate of CT-guided localization was 93.2%. The average localization time was 15.23 ± 7.21 min per lesion. Seven patients (9.5%) had asymptomatic pneumothorax and 10 (13.5%) had minimal needle tract parenchymal hemorrhages after localization no clinical intervention was required for these patients. The rate of success for VATS wedge resection of the SPNs was 100%. Histological analysis of the SPNs revealed malignant disease in 67.4% of the patients.

Conclusions: Preoperative CT-guided hookwire localization for thoracoscopic resection is a safe and effective operation for the identification and stable fixation of SPNs.

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