Preoperative computed tomography-guided microcoil localization of small peripheral pulmonary nodules: a prospective randomized controlled trial.

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Growing, small, peripheral, pulmonary nodules in patients at high risk for lung cancer lead to requests for video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) resection for pathologic diagnosis. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to determine if preoperative localization using percutaneously placed computed tomography (CT)-guided platinum microcoils decreases the need for thoracotomy or VATS anatomic resection (segmentectomy/lobectomy) for diagnosis.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.

Title: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

ISSN (Electronic): 1097-685X

ISSN (Print): 0022-5223

Publication date (Electronic): Jan 2015

Volume: 149

Issue: 1

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[1 ] Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Electronic address: richard.finley@vch.ca.

[2 ] Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

[3 ] Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

[4 ] Department of Anatomical Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

[5 ] Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Publisher Item ID: S0022-5223(14)01232-X

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.08.055

PubMed ID: 25293355

SO-VID: 0603982d-358d-4ea4-b208-29325a1d28a3

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