Reoperation of Pulmonary Artery Intimal Sarcoma for Recurrence After Pulmonary Artery Replacement.

Pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma has very poor prognosis, for which radical resection may be difficult. A 68-year-old man with pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma underwent bilateral pulmonary artery resection and replacement. At 31 months postoperatively, recurrence occurred at the anastomotic site of the right pulmonary artery.

Successful pain control of lymphangioma-suspected lesions in pregnancy with acetaminophen and opioids: A case report and literature review.

Lymphangioma causing pain during pregnancy is not widely reported, but surgical treatment was performed in each of the reported cases. In our patient, lesions arose in the retroperitoneal cavity and caused intense pain from 17 weeks of gestation. However, surgical treatment was considered difficult because of the location of the lesion.

Extended segmentectomy for intersegmental lesions with intraoperative surgical margin assessment by radiofrequency identification markers.

Objective: We developed a technique to determine deep surgical margins using radiofrequency identification markers. This study assessed the feasibility of this technique during extended segmentectomy of intersegmental lesions.

Methods: A single-center, prospective, single-arm study was performed from 2020 to 2023.

Adult living-donor lobar lung transplant using a small-for-size graft.

Objectives: This study was designed to examine the outcomes of adult living-donor lobar lung transplants (LDLLTs) using small-for-size grafts.

Methods: A calculated graft forced vital capacity of <50% of the predicted forced vital capacity of the recipient was considered to indicate a small-for-size graft. Adult recipients (≥18 years) who underwent LDLLTs between 2008 and 2022 were included in this study.