Combined use of preoperative methylene blue dye and microcoil localization facilitates thoracoscopic wedge resection of indeterminate pulmonary nodules in children

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 184-187

  Pursnani, Seema K ^a   Rausen, Aaron R ^a   Contractor, Sohail ^a   Nadler, Evan P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; METHYLENE BLUE; RIFAMPICIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; BIOPSY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750137671     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2006.16.184     Document Type: Article

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