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. 2012 Aug 17;15(5):854–858. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs337

Table 2:

Diagnosis of the tumour (n = 143)

Preoperative diagnosis
Yes
 Transbronchial lung biopsy 12 (8.4%)
No
 Intraoperative diagnosis
 Frozen section 113 (79.0%)
 Needle aspiration cytology 7 (4.9%)
 Postoperative diagnosis 11 (7.7%)
Fix on tumour location in operation
 Yes
 Hook-wire marking (with computed tomography) 68 (47.5%)
 Palpation 33 (23.1%)
 Inspection 23 (16.1%)
 No 19 (13.3%)