Thoracoscopic localization of intraparenchymal pulmonary coin lesion using intraoperative ultrasound
Rau, B.; Hünerbein, M.; Schlag, P.M.
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für Alle Gebiete der Operativen Medizen 65(10): 880-882
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-4722 PMID: 7821049 Document Number: 435426
Generally, thoracoscopic resection of peripheral round lesions of the lung is a viable alternative to open surgery. However, due to the lack of tactile sensitivity intraparenchymal lesions often escape thoracoscopic detection and therefore this approach is limited to superficial lesions. The use of thoracoscopic endosonography may be valuable to localize intraparenchymal lesions which are not visible and enable subsequent thoracoscopic wedge resection.