Effect of greyscale liquid crystal displays of different resolutions on observer performance during detection of small solitary pulmonary nodules

Yin, Jiandong; Guo, Qi; W, Zhang; Su, Hanyinghong; Zhang, J; Yue, Yonggao; Ding, Changmao; Lin, Aiming; Wang, Y; Wang, H

doi:10.1259/bjr/19867962

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“…The main advantage of palpation lies in the fact that the technique is a very simple method for both doctors and patients (Hwang et al, 2010). For nodules less than 1 cm deep to the pleura and with a diameter greater than 1 cm, the method is very effective (Yin et al, 2012). The finger palpation positioning technique is safe and incurs no extra expense, but the technique relies on the doctor's experience and has some obvious defects.…”

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Preoperative computed tomography-guided hook-wire positioning of pulmonary nodules

Zhai

Guan

et al. 2015

Genet. Mol. Res.

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ABSTRACT.This study aimed to analyze the clinical application value of computed tomography (CT)-guided hook-wire positioning before thoracoscopic surgery. Eighty-four patients who had received a thoracoscopic wedge resection of pulmonary nodules between January and December 2013 were selected. Group A consisted of 38 cases where the hook-wire positioning technique was not used, and the positioning approaches were intraoperative observation and palpation. Group B consisted of 46 cases where the hook-wire positioning technique was used. The diameter of each nodule was less than 2 cm, and all patients underwent the operation within 2 h of invasive positioning. The evaluation indexes included positioning success rate, positioningrelated complications, and rate of conversion to thoracotomy. In Group A, nine patients (23.68%) underwent conversion to thoracotomy; in Group B, three patients (6.52%) did. This difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The average operation duration was 118 ± 21 min in Group A and 53 ± 18 min in Group B. The difference between both groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The average length 3799 Positioning of pulmonary nodules ©FUNPEC-RP www.funpecrp.com.br Genetics and Molecular Research 14 (2): 3798-3806 (2015) of hospital stay of patients who underwent conversion to thoracotomy was 8.7 ± 2.2 days, and of patients who underwent thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection was 4.5 ± 1.6 days. This difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Therefore, CT-guided hook-wire positioning of pulmonary nodules before thoracoscopic surgery has clinical application value. It helps to accurately locate the pulmonary nodules, effectively lowers the rate of conversion to thoracotomy, and reduces the operation duration.

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