Applications of Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery for the Diagnosis and Treatment 
of Patients with Small Pulmonary Nodules

Applications of Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery for the Diagnosis and Treatment 
of Patients with Small Pulmonary Nodules

Background and objective Chest computed tomography (CT), particularly thin-slice high resolution CT, has low sensitivity and specificity for detecting pulmonary nodules <10 mm in size. This limitation leads to challenges in clinical diagnosis and treatment of small pulmonary nodules. This study i...

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Main Authors: Liqun SHAN, Jian HU, Mingdong LI, Chong ZHANG, Xiayi LV
Format: Article
Language:zho
Published: Chinese Anti-Cancer Association; Chinese Antituberculosis Association 2013-07-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer
Subjects:
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Small pulmonary nodules
CT-guided hook-wire localization
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2013.07.07

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2013.07.07

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