Marcaje de nódulos pulmonares con arpón espiral mediante tomografía computarizada para su resección por cirugía mínimamente invasiva
Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: To show the efficacy of placing a spiral harpoon in pulmonary nodules under the control of computerised tomography for their subsequent resection by minimally invasive surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifteen nodules of between 0.5-1.5 cm were localised in fifteen patients, of whom ten had antecedents of neoplasia, with the placement of spiral harpoon model Somatex, of 120 mm length and 18 G of Laboratorios Léleman, S.L., by means of computerised tomography, resecting them by minimally invasive surgery. RESULTS: Following the resection of the nodule it was confirmed that in the fifteen cases the harpoon was next to the nodule or encompassing it -- just as it had been placed on the scanner, in two cases objectifying a small intraparenchymatose haemorrhage and in one case a small pneumothorax. The time taken to place the harpoon oscillated between fifteen and thirty minutes. CONCLUSION: Marking a pulmonary nodule with a spiral type harpoon is a simple method that makes it possible to securely anchor the nodule for its subsequent resection by minimally invasive surgery.
Authors: J. Ágreda, J.M. Aguinaga, E. Vilá, J.J. Guelbenzu, J. Hueto, J. Míchel
Institutions: Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Hospital Virgen del Camino
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2111227253