Necessity of thoracotomy in pulmonary metastasis of osteosarcoma.

Conclusions: Preoperative CT examination omits a few small pulmonary metastases of osteosarcoma and there is rare progress in recent years. Therefore, we recommend that patients with pulmonary metastases of undergo thoracotomy to locate and resect all metastases as much as possible through intraoperative direct palpation. PMID: 31559064 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research