Publications by authors named "G Fadel"
Article Synopsis
- Heart transplantation is crucial for patients with advanced heart failure, but there's a shortage of donor organs, leading to the increased use of extended criteria donors (ECD).
- Many ECDs at risk for coronary artery disease do not undergo standard coronary angiography, resulting in some hearts being declined or procured without proper screening.
- The described protocol demonstrates a new method for performing coronary angiography during normothermic ex-situ heart perfusion (NESP), showing it to be reproducible without affecting heart viability and potentially improving ECD procurement rates.
Outcomes of lung transplantation for pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: A French multicentric retrospective study.
J Heart Lung Transplant
October 2024
Background: Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) has no currently available specific treatment. Benefits of lung transplantation (LT) for PPFE are poorly documented.
Methods: We conducted a nation-wide multicentric retrospective study in patients who underwent lung or heart-lung transplantation for chronic end-stage lung disease secondary to PPFE between 2012 and 2022 in France.
Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery training in France: a nation-wide survey from young surgeons.
Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
July 2024
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to assess the training of thoracic surgeons-in-training in robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) across France, gathering responses from 101 participants.
- Over half of the trainees had access to robotic systems, with a significant number considering robotic training essential, though only a small percentage had performed a complete procedure independently.
- The findings suggest that training opportunities vary by institution, with higher exposure and performance among fellows at high-volume centers, highlighting the need for increased access and simulation training to improve skills in RATS.
Background: The French national protocol for controlled donation after circulatory determination of death (cDCD) includes normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) in case of abdominal organ procurement and additional ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) before considering lung transplantation (LT).
Methods: We made a retrospective study of a prospective registry that included all donors considered for cDCD LT from the beginning of the program in May 2016 to November 2021.
Results: One hundred grafts from 14 donor hospitals were accepted by 6 LT centers.