Toyofumi F. Chen‐Yoshikawa 교수

Lung transplantation has been established worldwide as the last treatment for end-stage respiratory failure. However, ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) inevitably occurs after lung transplantation. The most severe form of IRI leads to primary graft failure, which is an important cause of morbidity and mortality after lung transplantation. IRI may also induce rejection, which is the main cause of mortality in recipients. Despite advances in donor management and graft preservation, most donor graf

After the introduction of 3D-CT technology to the field of thoracic surgery, preoperative simulation has been developed for various thoracic procedures. In the near future, this technique will become more common in thoracic surgery, and frequent use by thoracic surgeons will be seen in worldwide daily practice.

We successfully developed a novel dynamic simulation system, the Resection Process Map, for anatomic pulmonary resection.

Lung transplantation for pulmonary complications after HSCT was performed safely and yielded better survival, especially in younger recipients for whom both lung transplantation and HSCT involved the same donor.

Indocyanine green fluorescent image-guided surgery was developed to identify primary and metastatic nodules of various malignancies. However, currently, surgeons need to identify the fluorescent image on a monitor, which impedes surgical procedures. Herein, we developed a novel projection mapping device that can cast the real-time fluorescent image onto the surface of the targeted organ. We performed surgical resection of a lung metastasis of hepatoblastoma using this technique. The projection m

Right-to-left inverted LDLLT is a safe and useful option with encouraging intermediate outcome.