A survey among Brazilian thoracic surgeons about the use of preoperative 2D and 3D images

Preoperative planning is critical and has an influence on surgical outcomes (1). It is done mainly by the use of tomographic images computed in thoracic surgery (2). The use of 2D axial images computerized is routine in clinical practice. New forms of medical information display as 3D volumetric (reconstructed from computed tomography (CT) of the chest on devices with multidetector) can facilitate this planning; improve intra-operative results, thus influencing the final surgical outcomes (3-5)