This retrospective single-center study evaluates the outcomes of isolated single lung transplants (SLT) (one usable, one declined lung) compared to split SLTs (both lungs are used for different recipients). Approximately 80 percent of lung transplants are bilateral, leading to a paucity of literature on isolated SLT outcomes.
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February 20, 2025
This group presents a standardized, step-by-step technique for robotic-assisted lung transplantation. The authors describe port placement strategies, dissection techniques, and sequential anastomosis to optimize surgical precision while minimizing trauma.
February 20, 2025
This video demonstrates the case of a 49-year-old female patient who presented with recurrent pneumonia over the past year with no previous history of lung infections and was diagnosed with intralobar sequestration.
February 13, 2025
This study explores how disparities between actual and predicted total lung capacity (TLC) in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) affect lung function parameters and long-term outcomes after lung transplantation. A total of 170 ILD patients who underwent lung transplantation between 2011 and 2022 were included.
February 6, 2025
In this month’s episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Kim Thompson about cardiopulmonary bypass.
February 6, 2025
This video demonstrates the successful use of a robotic approach in a young patient with recurrent pneumothorax after multiple thoracoscopic surgeries.
February 5, 2025
This video demonstrates a technique for repairing thoracoabdominal aneurysms extent II.
January 30, 2025
This murine model study investigated a novel combination treatment for pleural mesothelioma using intracavitary cisplatin-fibrin gel (cis-fib) and adjuvant irradiation (IR). Conducted on an orthotopic immunocompetent rat model, the study demonstrates that the combination therapy significantly delayed tumor growth compared to single treatments.
January 30, 2025
This study evaluated outcomes in lung transplantation (LTx) using lungs from donation after brain death (DBD) vs. donation after circulatory death (DCD). After analyzing 21 studies with more than 60,000 patients, researchers found that early mortality was slightly higher in the DCD group (5.5 percent vs. 4.5 percent for DBD).
January 23, 2025
This video showcases the surgical technique of robotic-assisted right anterobasal S8 segmentectomy in a technically challenging operative field.