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 Pulmonary Surgical Procedures
MeSH tree: E04.928.600
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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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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Waitlist deaths drop under new lung transplant allocation system
Two years ago, the United Network for Organ Sharing implemented new allocation guidelines for lung transplants that prioritize medical urgency. Now new research, published at the 2025 ATS International Conference and in the ...
May 18, 2025
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Lung transplant patients fare better with twice-daily tacrolimus than cyclosporine, study finds
When receiving a lung transplant, one of the most important complications to look out for is chronic lung allograft dysfunction, known as CLAD. Preventing this complication for those who receive a lung transplant is of the ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Coupling dye and fiducial marking can improve precision in pulmonary nodule surgical resection
A new technique to mark peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) before surgical resection was studied by Ganesh Krishna, M.D., a pulmonary/critical care medicine specialist, researcher and interventional pulmonologist at Sutter's ...
Apr 21, 2025
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How wildfires pose challenges to cancer care
Due to the physical, psychological, and socioeconomic consequences of a cancer diagnosis and treatment, people with cancer are especially vulnerable during extreme weather events like hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires, ...
Mar 11, 2025
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CRISPR-based test offers faster, more accurate diagnosis for fungal pneumonia
Tulane University researchers have developed a CRISPR-based test that diagnoses Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP)—a life-threatening fungal infection primarily affecting children and immunocompromised patients—more quickly ...
Mar 3, 2025
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Mortality lower with lung volume reduction surgery in emphysema, study finds
For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS), according to a study presented at the annual ...
Jan 28, 2025
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Findings suggest lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema may have better outcomes than previously reported
As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and with fewer complications than they did in the past—and they may ...
Jan 27, 2025
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