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1 Radiofrequency Ablation in the Lung Complicated by Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation 
Arun C. Nachiappan, MD, Amita Sharma, MBBS, Jo-Anne O. Shepard, MD, Michael Lanuti, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 89, Issue 5, Pages (May 2010) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Radiofrequency cluster electrode (arrow) is advanced into right upper lobe mass (*). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Immediate postprocedural computed tomography scan shows the ablation zone (arrow) surrounding the tumor (*). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 At 2 weeks after the procedure, the ablation zone has become a necrotic cavity (arrow), the right lung is atelectatic, and a right hemothorax herniates into chest wall. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

5 Fig 4 At 2 months after the procedure, a bronchopleural fistula (arrow) is identified between a segmental bronchus and loculated pneumothorax (arrowhead). A chest tube (t) is present. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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