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Review Meta Analysis Comparative Study
Comparative effectiveness and safety of pre-operative lung localization for pulmonary nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
An optimal method of preoperative localization for pulmonary nodules has yet to be established. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to compare the success and complication rates associated with three pulmonary nodule localization methods for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS): hook-wire localization, microcoil localization, and lipiodol localization. ⋯ All three localization methods yielded similarly highly successful targeting rates. However, hook-wire localization had a relatively lower successful operative field targeting rate because of dislodgement or migration. Lipiodol localization had the highest overall success rate, and microcoil localization yielded the lowest complication rates.
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Review Meta Analysis
Prognostic Significance of Right Heart Thrombi in Patients with Acute Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolism: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
For patients diagnosed with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), the prognostic significance of concomitant right heart thrombi (RHT) lacks clarity. ⋯ In patients diagnosed with acute PE, concomitant RHT were significantly associated with an increased risk of death within 30 days of PE diagnosis.