Lung damage not main driver of persistent infections in cystic fibrosis, study finds
A new study meticulously sampled different lung regions in people with cystic fibrosis to understand why infections persist after new treatments.
Aug 7, 2025
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Surgical Procedures, Operative: News and Research on Thoracic Surgical Procedures
MeSH tree: E04.928
Researchers try new ways of preserving more hearts for transplants
Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies—advances that could help recover would-be heart donations that too often go unused.
Jul 17, 2025
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Confirmed: Portable lung preservation system for extended criteria donor lungs is safe and effective
Doctors at Baylor College of Medicine have confirmed that the use of the portable Organ Care System (OCS), or "breathing lung" technology, boosts long-term survival for transplant patients. This discovery offers new hope ...
Jul 16, 2025
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Bronchoscopic lung-biopsy techniques can match percutaneous approaches for comprehensive biomarker testing
A multidisciplinary guideline panel convened by the American Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP) and the Early Detection & Screening Committee of the International Association for the Study of ...
Jul 14, 2025
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Researchers find disparities in organ allocation
In 1954, the world's first successful organ transplant took place at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in the form of a kidney donated from one twin to the other. At the time, a group of doctors and scientists had correctly theorized ...
Jul 3, 2025
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Researchers study adults with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) thriving without transplants
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) reported long-term clinical outcomes for the largest single center cohort of individuals who underwent complex reconstructive surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome ...
Jun 17, 2025
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'I get to love you with two hearts now': Mom thriving after complex double-organ transplant
Shortly after she was born, Laura Valentine turned blue.
Jun 12, 2025
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Surgical ablation during coronary artery bypass grafting by linked to improved survival in patients
A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery,, finds that Medicare patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who undergo surgical ablation during isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) live longer than those ...
Jun 4, 2025
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How caregivers of medically complex children build resilience
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have uncovered important strategies that help caregivers and parents of children with medical complexity (CMC) adapt to the inherent stress in their roles. ...
Jun 3, 2025
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Emergency surgery costs disproportionately burden underrepresented racial and ethnic groups
A new nationwide study reveals that Black, Hispanic, and Asian/Pacific Islander patients face significantly higher costs when undergoing emergency surgeries compared to white patients, with the financial burden of unplanned ...
Jun 2, 2025
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