Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Pulmonary Nodules After Computed Tomography-Guided Marking With a Spiral Wire Uwe Eichfeld, MD, PhD, Arne Dietrich, MD, Rudolph Ott, MD, PhD, Rainer Kloeppel, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 79, Issue 1, Pages 313-316 (January 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.122
Fig 1 Indication for spiral wire marking and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Subpleural nodule (A) with a maximum diameter of 3 cm and a maximum distance (B) from the pleura of 3 cm. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 79, 313-316DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.122)
Fig 2 Computed tomography scan after marking of a pulmonary nodule with the spiral wire (right top: preformed helix of the spiral wire). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 79, 313-316DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.122)
Fig 3 Thoracic space: the spiral wire (open arrow) fixed nodule (closed arrow) is pulled toward the thoracic wall. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 79, 313-316DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.122)