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The current study by Bellomi and colleagues [1] describes the feasibility and outcomes of the percutaneous injection of radiotracer (technetium-99 macroaggregated albumin) for localization of indeterminate pulmonary nodules. The authors successfully implemented this technique to resect 47 lesions (mean size, 11 ± 5 mm) in 44 patients. Of these, 30 patients underwent video assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary resection, whereas 12 patients experienced an intentional thoracotomy. The need for localization during intentional thoracotomy is not clearly . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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