Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery resection of small ground-glass opacities (GGOs) localized with CT-guided placement of microcoils and palpation

Although uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is becoming more popular, it’s still very challenging to conduct a wedge resection of small pulmonary ground-glass opacities (GGOs), especially deeply situated subpleural GGOs, via uniportal VATS. We successfully performed thirteen uniportal VATS wedge resections through an approach that combines radiologically guided microcoil localization with palpation, and we encountered no complications related to the new approach. Based on our experience, a combination of CT-guided microcoil localization with palpation in uniportal VATS for deeply situated subpleural GGOs is a safe and effective procedure for accurate diag¬nosis and resection of indeterminate GGOs.