Intraoperative Lung Ultrasound (ILU) for the Assessment of Pulmonary Nodules.

Marco TaurchiniCarla Maria Irene QuaratoElisabetta Maria FrongilloGian Maria FerrettiCristiana CiprianiMarco BizzarriMaria Pia Foschino BarbaroDonato LacedoniaAnnalisa SimeonePaolo GrazianoLucia DimitriEvaristo MaielloLucio CavaliereSalvatore De CosmoMarco Sperandeo

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)

In our experience, ILU performed during both open surgery and VATS demonstrated to be a reliable and safe method for visualization and localization of pulmonary nodules non previously assessed on digital palpation. In addition, ILU showed to allow a clear nodule's margins' definition matching, in most cases, with the actual histological margins.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
pulmonary hypertension
magnetic resonance imaging
coronary artery bypass
patients undergoing
ultrasound guided
surgical site infection
clinical evaluation