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ArticleJHLT open2026

Robotic-assisted lung decortication in the management of pleural space complications after lung transplant.

B J Bromberger, Y B Gesthalter, A V Estrada, N A Kolaitis, R J Shah, J P Singer, L E Leard, L Seijo, J A Maheshwari, M E Kleinhenz and 4 more

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14 authors.

B J BrombergerDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Y B GesthalterDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
A V EstradaDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
N A KolaitisDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
R J ShahDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
J P SingerDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
L E LeardDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
L SeijoDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
J A MaheshwariDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
M E KleinhenzDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
A PerezDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
S R HaysDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
J KukrejaDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California.
B N TrinhDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Irvine, California.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Robotic-assisted decortication has not been reported in post-lung transplant patients. We reviewed 26 consecutive robotic decortication for lung entrapment syndrome from 2019 to 2024. The time from transplant to decortication was 516 days (IQR 260-887). No thoracotomy conversion was necessary. Median chest tube duration was 4 days (IQR 3-6.5), and median length of stay was 6 days (IQR 3-7). Eighty-eight percent of cases achieved complete lung expansion with a median 315 ml improvement in FVC and 235 ml improvement in FEV1. The most severe Clavien-Dindo complications included 1 take-back for airleak and 1 re-intubation. Robotic-assisted decortication was well tolerated, safe, and effective at removing the fibrotic pleural disease and reversing previously defunctionalized lung.

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lung entrapment syndromelung transplantationrobotic-assisted lung decortication

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PMID42518504
PMCPMC13383012

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