Pulmonary nodules and mini-invasive lung resection: do we have the right "tool" for their intraoperative localization?

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Editorial

Paola Ciriaco et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov;9(11):4216-4218.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.10.87.

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

What is the most appropriate procedure for intraoperative localization of small pulmonary nodules?
Kato H, Oizumi H, Suzuki J, Hamada A, Watarai H, Nakahashi K, Sadahiro M. Kato H, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Feb;10(2):E155-E157. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.12.138. J Thorac Dis. 2018. PMID: 29608191 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Thoracoscopic anatomical lung segmentectomy using 3D computed tomography simulation without tumour markings for non-palpable and non-visualized small lung nodules.
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