BACKGROUND: Lung cancer frequently occurs in lungs with background idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs). Limited resection is often selected to treat lung cancer in patients with IIPs in whom respiratory function is already compromised. Howev...
Recessive gene mutations in ABCA3 cause lethal neonatal respiratory distress, and pediatric and adult interstitial lung disease. The effectiveness of medical treatments is limited and a subset of such patients will eventually require lung transpla...
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery 75(10) 872-877 2022年9月
Traumatic diaphragmatic injury( TDI) is rare in traumas, however TDI is associated with high mortality. We follow the notation method by The Japanese Association for The Surgery of Trauma. There are blunt trauma and penetrating trauma of TDI;blunt...
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery 35(2) 2022年4月
OBJECTIVES: The objective of the present study was to examine the effect of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) use on the hemodynamics during single lung transplantation (SLT) and post-operative course. METHODS: Forty-seven p...
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery 75(4) 259-264 2022年4月
In order to overcome challenges of serious short supply of donor organs, a unique partnership between transplant consultant doctors and local physicians, named medical consultant( MC) system, started in 2002 to maximize the organ utilization rate....