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Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

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Featured News

Nov. 19, 2020

Patient-specific airway stents created using 3D printing technology

Mayo Clinic is one of the first centers to offer patients with complex central airway stenosis patient-specific, customized airway stents approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

April 03, 2020

Regenerative medicine in lung diseases

Research supports that it is safe and feasible to provide cell therapy intravenously to lung transplant recipients who have developed chronic lung allograft dysfunction.

April 19, 2019

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction therapy approved for severe emphysema

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction has emerged as a potential alternative to lung volume reduction surgery and a less invasive method by which to achieve lung volume reduction in patients with emphysema and hyperinflation.

Feb. 10, 2018

The emerging option of upper airway stimulation therapy

Activation of the genioglossus muscle via stimulation of the hypoglossal nerve is a new approach for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In a 2014 study, stimulation was associated with a 68 percent reduction in the apnea-hypopnea index.

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