Thoracoscopic Wedge Resection for Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules.

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Seventeen patients (9 male, 8 female) underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for indeterminate pulmonary nodules. The mean age was 56 (range, 34 to 76 years). Final pathological diagnoses were lung cancer in 7; tuberculosis in 7; lung abscess, organizing pneumonia and metastatic lung cancer. Five patients underwent standard thoracotomy 4 of whom received lobectomy and mediastinal lymph node dissection. There were no fatal complications or deaths, although one patient developed pulmonary bleeding from the transected lung parenchyma. We conclude that VATS is a safe and effective procedure in selected patients with indeterminate pulmonary nodules.
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