Open AccessThree-dimensional printing in the preoperative planning of thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy
Author(s) -
Xiaojun Liu,
Yandong Zhao,
Yunpeng Xuan,
Xinyan Lan,
Jun Zhao,
Xiaoquan Lan,
Bin Han,
Wenjie Jiao
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
translational lung cancer research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2226-4477
pISSN - 2218-6751
DOI - 10.21037/tlcr.2019.11.27
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracoscopy , lung cancer , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , pneumonectomy , radiology , surgery
The purpose of this study is to explore whether 3D printing has a better clinical value for making a preoperative plan than three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) in thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy.