Hook Wire Localization of Pulmonary Pure Ground-Glass Opacities for Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Hongyu Ye, Yingmeng Wu, Wei Xu, Xuan Tang, Yi Liang, Junmeng Zheng, Haiming Jiang, Weizhao Huang

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon · 2013 · 33 citations · 0 references

Abstract

Preoperative localization of pulmonary pGGOs is necessary for VATS when the lesions are less than 2 cm in diameter. Preoperative hook wire localization is safe and more successful than palpation for localization of pGGOs.