Lung - Transplantation

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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 to lung transplantation. Among 40,305...

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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...

Podcast

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,...

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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,...

Podcast

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...

Video

Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Interview With Shaf Keshavjee

August 30, 2018 | Vaibhav Gupta…

In this Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery interview, Vaibhav Gupta of the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, speaks with Shaf Keshavjee of the Toronto General Hospital about his career and...

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In Global News: Antipsychotics in Elderly Heart Patients, Transplant in 5-Month-Old, and Teamwork in the Operating Room

August 24, 2018 | Emily RobinsonBronze Contributor

Patient Care and General Interest A new study finds that elderly heart surgery patients who exhibit postoperative delirium are sometimes given antipsychotic medications, which are ineffective and may even be...

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In Global News: A Heart Donor Meets the Woman Who Was Given Her Heart, CABG in the Maldives, and PTE in Lebanon

August 17, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest A congenital heart surgeon in Boston, Massachusetts, was once a patient himself. A team at the ADK hospital in the Maldives has performed the country’s...

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Lung Donation After Circulatory Determined Death: A Single-Centre Experience

August 17, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A useful if somewhat belated account of the Papworth experience in lung donation after circulatory determined death (DCD) until 2015. There are no data on heart and lung transplants in...

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In Global News: Subspecializing for CABG, the Australian Transplant Games, and CHD Screening in China

August 10, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest A New Zealand woman with cystic fibrosis who is a lung transplant recipient prepares to compete in swimming, biking, and running events in the Australian...

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In Global News: Engineering Lungs, New Australian AFib Guidelines, and Considering Race in Lung Cancer Screening

August 3, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest Renowned former Formula 1 racing champion Niki Lauda recently underwent a lung transplant. The president of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) urged the...

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In Global News: Different Opioid Quantities for Different Surgeries, Testing India’s Locally-Made Heart Valve, and VATS Versus Thoracotomy

June 29, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest A guideline for the number of opioid pills that should be prescribed after different surgeries, from cochlear implantation to coronary artery bypass grafting, is self-published...

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Discussion of “Intraoperative Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and the Possibility of Postoperative Prolongation Improve Survival in Bilateral Lung Transplantation”

May 3, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A stimulating discussion of the Vienna paper that advances elective ECMO support for bilateral pulmonary transplantation.

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