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ArticleCritical care explorations2022

Critical Care and Postoperative Management of the First Human Long Segment Orthotopic Tracheal Transplantation.

Aparna Chopra, John M Oropello, Jennifer Wang, Edwin Mo, Roopa Kohli-Seth, Eric M Genden

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Article in Critical care explorations, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Tracheal Replacement: A Scoping Review.Surgery journal (New York, N.Y.) · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aparna ChopraAll authors: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine Institute of Critical Care Medicine, New York, NY.
John M OropelloAll authors: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine Institute of Critical Care Medicine, New York, NY.
Jennifer WangAll authors: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine Institute of Critical Care Medicine, New York, NY.
Edwin MoAll authors: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine Institute of Critical Care Medicine, New York, NY.
Roopa Kohli-SethAll authors: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine Institute of Critical Care Medicine, New York, NY.
Eric M GendenAll authors: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine Institute of Critical Care Medicine, New York, NY.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To outline the postoperative management of a long segment tracheal transplant in the ICU setting.

designThe recipient required reconstruction of a long segment tracheal defect from a previous prolonged intubation. A male donor was chosen for a female recipient to enable analysis of the reepithelialization kinetics using fluorescence in situ hybridization to analyze the source of the new ciliated epithelium.

settingTransplant ICU at the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. PATIENTS: The female recipient was previously intubated for an asthma exacerbation and subsequently developed long segment tracheal stenosis and failed conventional management including dilatation, stenting, and six major surgical procedures rendering her chronically tracheostomy-dependent. The male donor suffered a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage and was subsequently pronounced brain dead. Organ procurement occurred after obtaining appropriate consent from the patient's family.

interventionsThe patient received a deceased donor tracheal allograft that included the thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, and the muscularis of the cervical and thoracic esophagus. Triple therapy immunosuppression (tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, and a corticosteroid taper) was maintained. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN

resultsThe patient was initially managed postoperatively with deep sedation on ventilator via armored/reinforced endotracheal tube placed through a small tracheostomy located along the superior tracheal anastomosis. Serial bronchoscopies were performed for graft assessment, pulmonary toilet, and biopsies, which initially showed acute inflammatory changes but no features of acute allograft rejection. A euthyroid state was maintained but hypercalcemia developed.

conclusionsThe ICU management of this first long segment orthotopic tracheal transplant required a multidisciplinary approach involving critical care, otolaryngology, transplant surgery, interventional pulmonary, endocrinology, 1:1 nursing throughout the recipient's transplant ICU stay, and respiratory therapy that resulted in the successful establishment of a viable tracheal airway and heralded the end of chronic tracheostomy dependence.

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critical carehumanrespiratory insufficiencytracheatransplantation

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PMID36479444
PMCPMC9722558
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