In:
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 43, No. 4 ( 2019-7), p. 592-598
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of a lobectomy to the location and orientation of nonresected lung nodule and its corresponding airway. Methods We reviewed preoperative and postoperative computed tomography of patients who underwent lobectomies and have a separate nonresected nodule in the ipsilateral lung. Displacement of the nonresected nodule and angulation of its corresponding segmental bronchus were measured. Results Fifty nodules from 40 patients (30 females, 10 male; mean ± SD age, 67 ± 7 years) were assessed. Nodules are displaced clockwise after right upper, right middle, and left lower lobectomies and counterclockwise after right lower and left upper lobectomies. Displacement of the remaining nodules was greater in the craniocaudal plane, followed by anteroposterior and transverses planes (mean, 3.7, 2.5, and 1.9 cm, respectively). Conclusions Remaining ipsilateral nodules and their associated segmental airways are displaced in a predictable fashion after lobectomy. This may help in the assessment of follow-up imaging.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1532-3145
,
0363-8715
DOI:
10.1097/RCT.0000000000000871
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2019
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2039772-0
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