• Medicine · Feb 2021

    Computed tomography-guided coil localization for scapula-blocked pulmonary nodules: A trans-scapular approach.

    • Xia Liu, Wei Cao, and Qing-Song Xu.
    • Department of Respiratory.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Feb 5; 100 (5): e24333e24333.

    AbstractTo evaluate the clinical efficiency, feasibility, and safety of computed tomography (CT)-guided trans-scapular coil localization (TSCL) approach to treating scapula-blocked pulmonary nodules (SBPNs).In total, 105 patients with pulmonary nodules underwent CT-guided CL and subsequent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)-guided wedge resection (WR) between January 2016 and July 2020. Six of these patients (5.7%) had SBPNs that led them to undergo CT-guided TSCL. Rates of technical success and localization-related complications were then recorded and analyzed.CT-guided TSCL was associated with a 100% technical success rate, with one coil being placed per patient. The median CT-guided TSCL duration was 15 min. No patients experienced any complications associated with this procedure, and subsequent VATS-guided WR of SBPNs was 100% technically successful. In two patients with invasive adenocarcinoma, additional lobectomy was performed. Median VATS duration and intraoperative blood loss were 120 min and 150 mL, respectively.In summary, these results indicate that CT-guided TSCL could be easily and safely implemented to achieve high success rate when performing the VATS-guided WR of SBPNs.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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