%0 Journal Article
%T Image-guided localization of small lung nodules in video-assisted thoracic surgery
%A Calvin S. H. Ng
%A Peter S. Y. Yu
%A Rainbow W. H. Lau
%A Randolph H. L. Wong
%A Ze-Rui Zhao
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2016
%R 10.21037/jtd.2016.09.47
%X For most of the pulmonary nodules discovered incidentally by thoracic imaging, the likelihood of them becoming malignant varies according to their size. For lesions smaller than 4 mm, the probability is only 1%, whereas it is 10¨C20% for nodules between 8 to 20 mm and 50% for those whose size is greater than 20 mm (1,2). Despite the fact that small nodules tend to be benign rather than malignant, such nodules may require a more invasive approach in terms of diagnosis and excision because of the low accuracy rate and false-negative biopsy samples via conventional percutaneous approaches and bronchoscopy
%U http://jtd.amegroups.com/article/view/9740/html