Trachea and Bronchi

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Exposure and Repair of the Left Mainstem Bronchus for Robotic-Assisted Tracheobronchoplasty

November 22, 2023 | Adin Reisner…

This video demonstrates the most technically difficult initial steps to a minimally invasive, robotic-assisted tracheobronchoplasty, namely the exposure and repair of the left mainstem bronchus. The video details the dissection on the left mainstem from...

JANS Article

Diagnostic Yield and Synergistic Impact of Needle Aspiration and Forceps Biopsy With Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions (CONFIDENT-ENB)

March 20, 2025 | Jade QuSilver Contributor

This randomized crossover trial evaluated whether combining needle aspiration and forceps biopsy improves diagnostic yield compared to using a single device alone during electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) for peripheral pulmonary...

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Post-Intubation Tracheal Stenosis: Tracheal Resection With Dorsal Mucosectomy and Primary Anastomosis

April 15, 2024 | Carolina Adan…

The Patient This patient is a thirty-four-year-old man with a previous history of heart surgery during childhood and used a pacemaker. He had a car accident in August 2022 with...

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Exposure and Repair of the Left Mainstem Bronchus for Robotic-Assisted Tracheobronchoplasty

November 22, 2023 | Adin Reisner…

This video demonstrates the most technically difficult initial steps to a minimally invasive, robotic-assisted tracheobronchoplasty, namely the exposure and repair of the left mainstem bronchus. The video details the dissection...

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Bronchopleural Fistula Closure by Intrathoracic Transposition of the Omentum

March 23, 2023 | Carlos Guerrero…

Complex chest and lung infections with bronchial fistula are life-threatening situations with a mortality rate of up to 20 percent. If medical treatment fails, these patients require aggressive surgical procedures...

JANS Article

In Global News: 3D Printing Tracheas, Free Heart Surgery for Children, and a Test for Barrett’s Esophagus

January 19, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care China and Cambodia will work together on a program to provide free heart surgery to 100 Cambodian children with congenital heart disease. Quadruple bypass surgery was the inspiration...

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Recent Advances in Tracheal Surgery

January 4, 2018 | Sacha Mussot

Sacha Mussot of the Marie Lannelongue Hospital in Le Plessis-Robinson, France, discusses tracheal resection. He focuses on advances in replacing or reconstructing the trachea in cases where too much tissue...

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Mediastinal Tracheostomy in the Management of Recurrent Laryngeal Cancer

August 9, 2017 | Charles Bakhos

A 61-year-old man was treated for laryngeal squamous cell cancer with radiation in 2004. He presented again in 2012, with squamous cell cancer on the floor of his mouth. He...

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Technique for Repair of a Tracheocutaneous Fistula After Lung Transplantation

July 31, 2017 | Andrew Everett…

Tracheocutaneous fistulas are infrequent complications of prolonged tracheostomies. This video explains the technique used at the authors’ institution for closure of a tracheocutaneous fistula in the context of a clinical...

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Uniportal Right Upper Lobe Sleeve Lobectomy

July 17, 2017 | Arthur Vieira…

The authors present the case of a 65-year-old male patient who, during an episode of pneumonia, underwent a bronchoscopy that revealed a right upper lobe (RUL) endobronchial lesion. The biopsy...

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Multidisciplinary Management and Repair of a Traumatic Posterior Membranous Tracheal Tear

February 6, 2017 | Erin Gillaspie…

Objective: Tracheal injuries are rare and often devastating. Appropriate management depends on meticulous planning and complex support networks. Multidisciplinary management often may include cardiothoracic surgery, plastic surgery, assist device teams,...

JANS Article

Reconstruction of Anterior Tracheal Defects Using a Bioengineered Graft in a Porcine Model

January 28, 2017 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Using pigs as an experimental model, the authors demonstrated incorporation of bioengineered tracheal grafts in large tracheal defects. The grafts were constructed of acellular bovine dermis extracellular matrix and human...

JANS Article

Incidence of Sternal Wound Infection following Tracheostomy in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

November 24, 2016 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

The authors performed a meta-analysis to evaluate (1) if the timing of tracheostomy after cardiac surgery and (2) whether the type of tracheostomy (open v. percutaneous) impacted the incidence of...

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