title: Improved method for deep thoracoscopic lung nodule excision.
abstract: Minimally invasive excision of deep lung nodules can be difficult partly because endoscopic staplers do not open wide enough. We describe a method in which a standard atraumatic straight clamp compresses the lung to allow placement of the stapler without difficulty.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri-Columbia 65212, USA.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Demmy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nielson
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*