Surgical Advancements in Lung Transplant - CME

CME

Description: Although traditional surgical approaches for lung transplant including clamshell thoracotomy, median sternotomy, and thoracotomy are effective, these surgeries are invasive and associated with high postoperative morbidity. Robotic lung transplant offers advantages, including smaller incisions and less pain, and clinicians should be aware of this option for carefully selected patients. Furthermore, only approximately 25% of lungs that are offered to lung transplant centers are eventually transplanted. Ex vivo lung perfusion preserves lungs under physiologic conditions allowing time to evaluate lungs for transplant. Clinicians should be aware of ex vivo lung perfusion as a way to evaluate the lungs for transplant.

Target Audience: This activity is intended for pulmonologists and primary care physicians.

Learning Objectives

Keywords: lung transplant, thoracotomy, median sternotomy, clamshell thoracotomy

Disclosures and Disclaimers: The information provided through this activity is for continuing educational purposes only and, when applicable, to provide general guidelines for risk management. It is not meant to substitute the independent medical judgment of a clinician relative to the diagnosis and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition, nor is it intended, and should not be construed, as legal or medical advice.

Accredited Providers

Credit Information

Credit Type	Units / Unit Type	Board
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit	0.5 Credits	ACCME- Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education