title: Stepwise Tactile Localization and Wedge Resections for Deep Pulmonary Nodules during Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery.
abstract: This article details a modified method of tactile localization for deep pulmonary nodules of less than 20 mm size and at a distance of more than 15 mm from the visceral pleura. Sixteen patients with deep nodules were successfully located and underwent subsequent thoracoscopic wedge resection. This technique is a continuance of the traditional finger-tough method, which can be an effective complementary technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Sen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Chang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055613:Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014110:Touch; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D047368:Tumor Burden