COVID-19 After Vaccination in Lung Transplant Recipients: Real-Life Data.

Objectives: The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in lung transplant recipients is unclear. We retrospectively analyzed lung transplant recipients vaccinated with an inactivated virus vaccine (CoronaVac) and the mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 used against the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Turkey and shared their effects on COVID-19.

Materials And Methods: Demographic data of lung transplant recipients followed up for >3 months were collected, and vaccination dates and status against the SARS-CoV-2 virus were recorded.

The Efficacy and Safety of Different Sericin Doses for Pleurodesis.

Background: The aim of present study is to compare the effectiveness, side-effect potential of different doses of sericin pleurodesis.

Methods: Adult, male, 12-week-old, Wistar-albino rats (n=52), were randomly-divided into four-groups, referred to A, B, C and D. Sericin was administrated at different doses through left thoracotomy, with 15mg sericin to Group-A, 30mg to Group-B and 45mg to Group-C.

Does Sericin, as a Novel Pleurodesis Agent, Have Higher Effectiveness Compared to Talcum Powder, Doxycycline, and Silver Nitrate Pleurodesis?

Introduction: The usefulness of sericin as pleurodesis agent has previously been described. Present study aims to compare sericin pleurodesis regarding success, effectiveness, tolerability, and side-effects.

Methods: Adult, 12-week-old Wistar-albino rats (n=60), divided to five groups as sericin, talcum-powder, doxycycline, silver-nitrate and control.

Recurrence Pattern of Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis After Lung Transplantation: A Case Report.

Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an uncommon indication for lung transplantation. The recurrence of the primary pathology after transplantation is rare. Extra-pulmonary involvement of Langerhans cell histiocytosis before transplantation and resuming of smoking after transplantation are risk factors for recurrence.

Pitfalls and Challenges of Lung Transplant in a Patient With Kartagener Syndrome and Scoliosis.

We present a 22-year-old woman with Kartagener syndrome and scoliosis who died 112 days after single lung transplant. The classic thoracic involvement of situs inversus totalis and the asymmetric arrangement of the thoracic vascular structures might be a pitfall for surgeon. Anatomic obstacles have forced the surgeon to perform a single transplant.

Can Sericin Prove Useful as a Pleurodesis Agent or Tissue Glue?

 Sericin is a natural, gum-like, macromolecule protein, synthesized from silkworms for the formation of cocoon shells. The aim of the present study is to describe the effects of sericin when used for pleurodesis and/or as tissue glue.  Adult, male, 12-week-old Wistar albino rats, weighing 257 to 395 g were used in the present study ( = 12).

First brain dead donor bilateral lobar lung transplant in Turkey.

A 57-year-old woman with severe bilateral bronchiectasis was evaluated for lung transplant. She was 148 cm tall and weighed 46 kg. Her FEV(1) was 0.