Thoracoscopic resection of suspected metastatic pulmonary nodules after microcoil localization technique: a prospective study

摘要

BACKGROUND: Newly developed pulmonary nodules less than 20 mm in diameter in patients with a previous history of malignancy is highly suspicious to be metastatic. In this study we evaluate a new technique of computed tomography guided microcoils localization to facilitate thoracoscopic resection of deep pulmonary nodules.