A new method of marking small pulmonary nodules situated deep within the visceral pleura using a transbronchial approach has been developed. Once the tip of the sheath catheter has passed the tumor and reached the visceral pleura, as confirmed by computed

The radial artery is usually harvested as a pedicle with surrounding veins, perivascular fat, and areolar tissue. We describe an alternative technique of skeletonization of the radial artery and its potential advantages over the pedicled technique.