title: Minimizing single-port access in video-assisted wedge resection, with a hookwire.
abstract: Single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery lung resection is increasing in popularity. In selected cases, the incision length of single-port video-assisted thoracic lung wedge resection can be minimized by preoperative strategic positioning of a percutaneous hookwire to allow intraoperative traction of the lung nodule to facilitate endostapler wedge resection, thereby substituting the sponge-holding forceps for lung retraction during the procedure.
authors: Department of Surgery Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. calvinng@surgery.cuhk.edu.hk
authors: Calvin S H
authors: CS
authors: Ng
authors: Joyce W Y
authors: JW
authors: Hui
authors: Randolph H L
authors: RH
authors: Wong
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D017792:Surgical Stapling; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014143:Traction; D016896:Treatment Outcome