THORACOSCOPIC LOCALIZATION OF PERIPHERAL SOLITARY ROUND LESION OF THE LUNG WITH INTRAOPERATIVE ULTRASOUND

Generally, thoracoscopic resection of peripheral round lesions of the lung is a viable alternative to open surgery. However, due to the lack of tactile sensitivity intraparenchymal lesions often escape thoracoscopic detection and therefore this approach is limited to superficial lesions. The use of thoracoscopic endosonography may be valuable to localize intraparenchymal lesions which are not visible and enable subsequent thoracoscopic wedge resection.