Once we place the wire and check with CT it's in position, then we cut the wire off of the skin. And the reason for that is that the wires are quite long. And so if Rosie has to pull the whole wire through. If we leave the whole wire there, she's got to pull that through into the chest and it gets a bit cumbersome. So we cut the wire off at the chest, at the skin.
Cone beam CT is a type of tomography where C-arm rotates around patient completely 360 degrees while capturing multiple images from different angles, basically like a CT but done with C-arm.
If lesions all within same lobe, thoracic surgeon can take it all out; if in different lobes and worried they're of different etiology, can localize them, but usually just pick biggest one.
Image Guided Surgery Video Series, Episode 2 - Lung Nodule Localization &...
▶Ep 7 · 5:28
clinicalCone beam CT is a type of tomography where C-arm rotates around patient completely 360 degrees while capturing multiple images from different angles, basically like a CT but done with C-arm.↗
▶Ep 7 · 9:40
clinicalFor lung biopsy, nodule has to be at least 1 centimeter because chasing after lung nodule is difficult.↗
▶Ep 7 · 11:21
clinicalIf lesions all within same lobe, thoracic surgeon can take it all out; if in different lobes and worried they're of different etiology, can localize them, but usually just pick biggest one.↗
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Image Guided Surgery Video Series, Episode 2 - Lung Nodule Localization &...
▶Ep 366 · 5:28
clinicalCone beam CT is a type of tomography where C-arm rotates around patient completely 360 degrees while capturing multiple images from different angles, basically like a CT but done with C-arm.↗
▶Ep 366 · 9:40
clinicalFor lung biopsy, nodule has to be at least 1 centimeter because chasing after lung nodule is difficult.↗
▶Ep 366 · 11:21
clinicalIf lesions all within same lobe, thoracic surgeon can take it all out; if in different lobes and worried they're of different etiology, can localize them, but usually just pick biggest one.↗
Image Guided Surgery Video Series, Episode 2 - Lung Nodule Localization &...
▶Ep 367 · 1:03
clinicalThe localization procedure from patient entry to surgical readiness takes approximately 45 minutes total.↗
▶Ep 367 · 1:03
quotewith everything together from the time the patient gets into the room to the time we localize and be ready for surgery, and that time is about 45 minutes.↗
▶Ep 367 · 2:33
quoteOnce we place the wire and check with CT it's in position, then we cut the wire off of the skin. And the reason for that is that the wires are quite long. And so if Rosie has to pull the whole wire through. If we leave the whole wire there, she's got to pull that through into the chest and it gets a bit cumbersome. So we cut the wire off at the chest, at the skin.↗
▶Ep 367 · 2:33
clinicalThe localization wire is cut at skin level after CT-confirmed placement because the wires are quite long and cutting facilitates surgical handling.↗
