Journal of Chest Surgery

The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (대한심장혈관흉부외과학회)
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Thoracoscopic Needle Aspiration Biopsy for a Centrally Located Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

  • Sung, Ho Kyung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Hyun Koo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Young Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2012.04.26
  • Accepted : 2013.03.07
  • Published : 2013.08.05
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Abstract

Thoracoscopic needle aspiration is a good alternative for a centrally-located solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) suspected of being lung cancer without severe pleural adhesion. The authors report the technique of thoracoscopic needle aspiration biopsy in a SPN just in the medial aspect of the truncus anterior pulmonary artery and the right upper lobe bronchus.

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