{"podcast":{"title":"Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast","slug":"behind-the-knife-the-surgery-podcast-321171","podcast_index_feed_id":321171,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5046960.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5046960","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/39463562.jpg","author":"Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast","episode_count":500,"summary":"Behind the Knife is the world’s #1 surgery podcast. From high-yield educational topics to interviews with leaders in the field, Behind the Knife delivers the information you need to know. Tune in for timely, relevant, and engaging content designed to help you DOMINATE THE DAY! Behind the Knife is more than a podcast. Visit www.behindtheknife.org to learn more.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-knife-the-surgery-podcast-321171"},"episode":{"title":"Journal Review in Thoracic Surgery: VV ECMO in Pre-Lung Transplant Patients -  A Bridge to Somewhere","slug":"journal-review-in-thoracic-surgery-vv-ecmo-in-pre-lung-transplant-patients-a-bridge-to-somewhere","published_at":"2026-04-06T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-knife-the-surgery-podcast-321171/journal-review-in-thoracic-surgery-vv-ecmo-in-pre-lung-transplant-patients-a-bridge-to-somewhere","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-knife-the-surgery-podcast-321171","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8883345","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com/p/ABMA5/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8883345.mp3?modified=1775405549&sid=5046960&source=rss","summary":"Join the Johns Hopkins Thoracic Surgery Subspecialty team on this rapid research review revealing how investigative efforts have changed the way we view and use Veno-venous (VV) ECMO therapy in the pre-lung transplant patient population working to avoid ventilator dependence and the associated morbidity while facilitating continued ambulation and preoperative optimization. Hosts: - Dr. Alfred J. Casillan, MD, PhD Attending Thoracic Surgeon Johns Hopkins Hospital - Kyla Rakoczy, MD Johns Hopkins General Surgery Resident References: Awake ECMO as Bridge to Lung Transplantation Fuehner T, Kuehn C, Hadem J, Wiesner O, Gottlieb J, Tudorache I, et al. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in awake patients as bridge to lung transplantation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2012;185(7):763–768. PMID: 22268135 Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22268135/ Predictors of Successful ECMO Bridging Tipograf Y, Salna M, Minko E, Grogan EL, Sonett JR, Bacchetta MD. Outcomes of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2019;107(5):1456–1463. PMID: 30790550 Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30790550/ Intubation Status and ECMO Bridging Outcomes Zhou AL, Jennings MR, Akbar AF, et al. Utilization and outcomes of nonintubated extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplant. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025;44(4):661–669. PMID: 39486773 Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39486773/ ECMO Duration and Waitlist Mortality Shou BL, Kalra A, Zhou AL, et al. Impact of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation bridging duration on lung transplant outcomes. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024;118(2):496–503. PMID: 38740080 Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38740080/ Mechanical Ve…","meta_description":"Join the Johns Hopkins Thoracic Surgery Subspecialty team on this rapid research review revealing how investigative efforts have changed the way we view a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1000,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/behind-the-knife-the-surgery-podcast-321171/episodes/journal-review-in-thoracic-surgery-vv-ecmo-in-pre-lung-transplant-patients-a-bridge-to-somewhere/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-knife-the-surgery-podcast-321171/journal-review-in-thoracic-surgery-vv-ecmo-in-pre-lung-transplant-patients-a-bridge-to-somewhere.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}