Intraoperative CEUS versus Traditional Intraoperative Ultrasound for Detecting Lung Nodules during RATS

Gaetana Messina; Giuseppe Vicario; Vincenzo Di Filippo; Davide Gerardo Pica; Beatrice Leonardi; Noemi Maria Giorgiano; Angela Iovine; Riccardo Vinciguerra; Francesca Capasso; P. Chiodini; Annafrancesca Smimmo; Giovanni Vicidomini; Alfonso Fiorelli

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezaf434

March 6, 2026European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Intraoperative CEUS versus Traditional Intraoperative Ultrasound for Detecting Lung Nodules during RATS

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The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) compared to traditional ultrasound for identifying lung nodules.
Compared io-CEUS and traditional intraoperative ultrasound (Io-US) methods for detecting lung nodules.
Focused on isoechoic lesions that are difficult to detect with standard ultrasound.
Evaluated the outcomes during thoracic surgery procedures.
Io-CEUS significantly improved the detection rates of lung lesions compared to traditional Io-US.
Especially effective for identifying isoechoic lesions that were poorly defined by traditional methods.

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Io-CEUS was an additional tool for thoracic surgeons to detect lung lesions and could be useful especially in case of isoechoic lesion, that were poorly defined by traditional Io-US.

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Messina et al. (2026) studied this question.

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