Comparative study on preoperative localization techniques using microcoil and hookwire by propensity score matching.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of two preoperative pulmonary nodule localization techniques using microcoil and hookwire.

Methods

A total of 307 patients with 324 pulmonary nodules were included in the study from March 2012 to October 2016 in two medical centers. Baseline data, positioning operation data, success rate, complications, surgery and pathological results were statistically analyzed. Complications were used as the dependent variables, whereas others were used as covariates for the propensity score matching of the two groups. Statistical analyses were performed to compare the success rate and complication rate of the matched groups.

Results

There were 218 lesions in the microcoil group and 106 nodules in the hookw

SUBMITTER: Yang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7262885 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature