Publications by authors named "Itsuki Yuasa"
Article Synopsis
- A 14-year-old girl underwent successful ABO-incompatible living-donor lobar lung transplantation due to bronchiolitis obliterans from graft-versus-host disease following stem cell transplant.
- The patient, with blood type O, received lung lobes from her blood type B father and blood type O mother.
- Desensitization therapy, including rituximab and plasmapheresis, was used prior to the surgery to lower anti-B antibody levels and prevent rejection.
Outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitors for postoperative recurrence of non-small cell lung cancer.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
September 2023
Objectives: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are effective treatment options for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, there is a dearth of data on outcomes of patients receiving ICIs for postoperative recurrence. The objective of this study was to investigate the short- and long-term outcomes of patients who received ICIs for postoperative recurrence.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed to identify consecutive patients who received ICIs for postoperative recurrence of NSCLC.
A novel guidewire technique for endobronchial silicone plug occlusion for bronchopleural fistula.
Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg
October 2021
Successful bronchoscopic bronchopleural fistula closure requires both accurate localization of the fistula and device implantation; placing a silicone plug requires experience and skill because of the limited endobronchial working space. We report a novel bronchoscopic silicone plug placement technique for a bronchopleural fistula that developed after a left upper lobectomy following induction chemoradiation therapy, which was then successfully treated by omentopexy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis report describes a case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated respiratory failure requiring urgent living-donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLTx). Severe hypoxia requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) developed in a 57-year-old woman with positive viral status. Her respiratory function deteriorated, with almost totally collapsed lungs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Pulmonary pseudoaneurysm (PPA) is a potentially lethal complication of lung resection with a high risk of recurrence after endovascular coiling.
Case Presentation: We report a case in which recurrent hemoptysis due to PPA after left lower lobe sleeve resection was treated by endovascular embolization of the left main pulmonary artery as a salvage treatment. The first hemoptysis was managed by endovascular coil embolization with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, but refractory hemorrhage occurred 3 months later due to penetration of the endovascular coil into the bronchial anastomosis site.