Ultrasonographic Identification of Peripheral Pulmonary Nodules Through Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Gaetano Rocco, MD, FRCSEd, Marcellino Cicalese, MD, Carmine La Manna, MD, Antonello La Rocca, MD, Nicola Martucci, MD, Rosario Salvi, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 92, Issue 3, Pages 1099-1101 (September 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.030 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Ultrasonography device with detail of characteristics that make the probe useful for single-access video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). (B, C) In particular, the articulating end contributes to refinement of lung scanning. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 1099-1101DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.030) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Patient 1: pulmonary nodule embedded in the right lower lobe. (B) Patient 2: right lower lobe lesion. Both nodules are not immediately subpleural and are heterogeneous in size. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 1099-1101DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.030) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions