Bridging Targeting Precision and Oncologic Safety: Localization Accuracy for Margin Adequacy in Cone-Beam Computed Tomography-Guided Pulmonary Nodule Resection
Yu-Hsiang Wang, Hsu-Chih Huang, Chih-Yi Chen, Jiun-Yi Hsia, Guo-Zhi Wang, Ming-Chih Chou, Frank Cheau-Feng Lin · 2026
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Yu-Hsiang Wang and colleagues measure how precisely surgeons must locate lung nodules before removal, in a 2026 study. Ground-glass nodules are hard to see or feel during keyhole surgery, so a needle marks them under cone-beam CT in a hybrid operating room. Too large a miss risks leaving cancer at the cut edge.
The team defined a distance from needle tip to tumour edge and tested it against the final margin quality after wedge removal. At about 4.9 millimetres in the reported analysis, inadequate margins rose sharply. They propose that value as a warning line prompting the surgeon to recheck the plan during the operation. Outside validation is required before routine use, they caution.
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| CREATOR | Yu-Hsiang Wang, Hsu-Chih Huang, Chih-Yi Chen, Jiun-Yi Hsia, Guo-Zhi Wang, Ming-Chih Chou, Frank Cheau-Feng Lin |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29949 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |