Background Planned venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) is
increasingly used during bilateral orthotopic lung transplantation (BOLT) and may be …

Background Traditional quality metrics like one-year survival do not fully encapsulate the
multifaceted nature of solid organ transplantation in contemporary practice. Therefore …

Background Prolonged mechanical ventilation is common among lung transplant recipients,
affecting nearly one-third of patients. Tracheostomy has been shown as a beneficial …

Objectives To develop a more holistic measure of center performance than operative
mortality, we created a composite “textbook outcome” for the Norwood operation using …

Background The posterior component separation technique with transversus abdominis
release (TAR) was introduced in 2012 as an alternative to the classic anterior component …

Objective Assessing heart transplant program quality using short-term survival is insufficient.
We define and validate the composite metric textbook outcome and examine its association …

Background Lung transplantation (LT) represents a high-risk procedure for end-stage lung
diseases. This study describes the outcomes of patients undergoing LT that require massive …

Background This article aims to share the initial experience of the preperitoneal eTEP
approach and its potential benefits in a selected group of patients. The eTEP Rives-Stoppa …

Background: To develop a more holistic measure of congenital heart center performance
beyond mortality, we created a composite “textbook outcome”(TO) for the Glenn operation …

Background Minimally invasive (MI) approaches to lung transplantation (LTx) offer the
prospect of faster recovery compared to traditional incisions, however, little data exist …