Jason Thomas, Qiudong Chen, Jad Malas, Darina Barnes, Amy Roach, Achille Peiris, Sharmini Premananthan, Aasha Krishnan, Georgina Rowe, George Gill, Lorenzo Zaffiri, Joanna Chikwe, Dominic Emerson, Pedro Catarino, Reinaldo Rampolla, Dominick Megna
INTRODUCTION: Minimally invasive (MI) approaches to lung transplantation (LTx) offer the prospect of faster recovery compared to traditional incisions, however, little data exist describing the impact of surgical technique on early outcomes and analgesia use. METHODS: A prospectively maintained institutional registry identified 170 patients who underwent LTx between 01/2017 and 06/2022. Post-COVID acute respiratory distress syndrome, repeat, and multiorgan transplants were excluded (n=27) leaving 37 MILTx and 106 traditional LTx patients...
February 2, 2024: Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation