Publications by authors named "Shawndeep S Tung"
Background: An occult pneumothorax is identified by computed tomography but not visualized by a plain film chest X-ray. The optimal management remains unclear.
Methods: A retrospective review of an urban level I trauma center's trauma registry was conducted to identify patients with occult pneumothorax over a 2-year period.
Background: Ten percent of new breast cancer diagnoses occur in premenopausal women, and oncologic therapies may compromise fertility. Thus, fertility preservation discussions (FPDs) and referral to fertility specialists are imperative prior to initiation of therapy. A previous retrospective chart review showed 45% FPD rates at our institution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: As the demand for nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) increases and surgeons expand the eligibility criteria, a subset of patients may become candidates following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). However, the impact of NACT on postoperative complications remains unclear as the current literature is discordant.
Methods: A single-institution, retrospective chart review was performed on patients undergoing NSM from 1989 to 2017.
Background Aims: Naturally occurring regulatory T cells (Treg) are emerging as a promising approach for prevention of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), which remains an obstacle to the successful outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. However, Treg only constitute 1-5% of total nucleated cells in cord blood (CB) (<3 × 10⁶ cells), and therefore novel methods of Treg expansion to generate clinically relevant numbers are needed.
Methods: Several methodologies are currently being used for ex vivo Treg expansion.