@Article{Głowacki2008,
journal="Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery",
issn="1731-5530",
volume="5",
number="1",
year="2008",
title="TorakochirurgiaComputed tomography-guided hookwire localization of solid lung tumours before videothoracoscopic surgery",
abstract="  Background:    Presence of a single, peripherally located change in the pulmonary parenchyma is a complex diagnostic and therapeutic problem. The introduction of videothoracoscopy allowed the diagnostic stage to be connected with the therapeutic one. However, it requires earlier localization of the change.    Aim:    To present the possibility of localization of pulmonary changes with a transthoracic hookwire under the control of CT before their removal by thoracoscopy.    Material and methods:    Twenty-three patients underwent computed tomography (CT) -guided hookwire localization of solid lung tumour with diameter range 0.5-5.5 cm (in 22 patients \– single nodule). All of them underwent videothoracoscopic  resection of the localized tumour.    Results:    16 benign and 7 malignant lesions, including 2 primary and 5 metastatic, were recognized. No complications occurred during or after thoracoscopic surgery.    Conclusions:    In selected cases it may be a valuable diagnostic-therapeutic method with minimal invasiveness.",
author="Głowacki, Jan
and Legaszewski, Tomasz
and Dzielicki, Józef
and Korlacki, Wojciech
and Janicka, Irena
and Zajęcki, Wojciech
and Trzeszkowska-Rotkegel, Sylwia
and Borowiak, Hanna",
pages="43--46",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/-Torakochirurgia-Computed-tomography-guided-hookwire-localization-of-solid-lung-tumours-before-videothoracoscopic-surgery,40,10019,1,1.html"
}