Lung - Transplantation

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 175: Oral Board AI Simulator

September 24, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Medical Director of the Surgical Skills Laboratory at the Memorial Learning Center...

JANS Article

Right Basilar Segmental Autologous Lung Transplantation With Carinal Reconstruction for Central Lung SCC

September 24, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This case report describes a 75-year-old patient with a centrally located squamous cell carcinoma extending from the carina to the right intermediate bronchus and the superior segment of the lower...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 174: Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

September 17, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with James Cox, Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, USA,...

JANS Article

CT Findings Maintains the Predictive Performance of an Existing Radiograph-Based Donor Lung Acceptability Score

September 17, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This study assessed whether chest computed tomography (CT) findings improve the validated Lung Donor (LUNDON) score for predicting acceptance of brain-dead donor lungs. Among 2,454 donors who underwent CT, emphysema,...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 173: Uniportal Robotics in the UAE

September 10, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, a consultant thoracic surgeon at Burjeel Specialty Hospital, Sharjah, UAE, about uniportal robotics in the...

JANS Article

Effect of Surgical Exposure on Outcomes in BLTx: Insight From the International ECLS Registry

September 10, 2026 | Shrikar Modukuri

Based on the international multicenter ECLS in Lung Transplantation Registry, this study compared the three surgical approaches to bilateral lung transplantation (BLTx) (clamshell, n=451; isolated bilateral thoracotomies, n=624; and median...

JANS Article

Building Bridges: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Versus Mechanical Ventilation as Bridge to Lung Transplant—A Nationwide Analysis

September 3, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

In this nationwide United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) analysis (2005–2025), Potel et al. compared extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), pretransplant mechanical ventilation (pMV), and combined ECMO plus pMV as bridges...

JANS Article

ISHLT Consensus Statement on Acute Lung Allograft Dysfunction (ALAD): Definition, Etiology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches, and Research Priorities

June 18, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) consensus statement formalizes the definition, diagnostic framework, and therapeutic approach for acute lung allograft dysfunction (ALAD). Recognizing the need to standardize...

JANS Article

Outcomes After Lung Re-Transplantation for Restrictive Allograft Syndrome Have Not Improved Over Two Decades

June 18, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This retrospective United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database study evaluated the evolving strategies and outcomes of lung re-transplantation for restrictive allograft syndrome (RAS) over two decades (2005–2025), stratifying 293...

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Lung Transplant Feasibility After Lobar Resection in a Case of Pectus Excavatum and Severe Unilateral Space Loss

June 16, 2026 | Sanjay Agrawal…

A 28-year-old female initially presented in 2022 with a persistent cough. Computed tomography (CT) imaging demonstrated features consistent with pulmonary sarcoidosis, which was subsequently confirmed by bronchoscopic biopsy. She was...

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SCTS 2026 | Lung Transplant: Daytime Surgery

June 12, 2026 | Laurens Ceulemans

At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, Dr. Laurens Ceulemans, a thoracic and transplant surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at UZ/KU Leuven, Belgium,...

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SCTS 2026 | Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Transplants

June 12, 2026 | Laurens Ceulemans…

At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on mesenchymal stem cells and transplants. Dr. Laurens Ceulemans, a thoracic and transplant surgeon...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 160: Shifting Healthcare Policy in Surgery

June 11, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Nikki Stamp, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Mount Private Hospital in Perth, Western Australia, who also serves as an...

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