Improved method for deep thoracoscopic lung nodule excision.
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.
Demmy
T L
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri-Columbia 65212, USA.
Nielson
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Curtis
J J
JJ
D006801:Humans; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*