ERS International Congress 2022: highlights from the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Assembly

Dimitrios E Magouliotis; Saskia Bos; Dorina Esendagli; Marco Nardini; Marcello Migliore; Michael Perch; Giuseppe Cardillo; Federica Meloni; Sara Ricciardi; Merel Hellemons

doi:10.1183/23120541.00671-2022

ERS International Congress 2022: highlights from the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Assembly

ERJ Open Res. 2023 Apr 17;9(2):00671-2022. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00671-2022. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Authors

Dimitrios E Magouliotis¹, Saskia Bos², Dorina Esendagli³, Marco Nardini⁴, Marcello Migliore⁵, Michael Perch^{6

7}, Giuseppe Cardillo^{8

9}, Federica Meloni¹⁰, Sara Ricciardi^{8

11}, Merel Hellemons^{12

13}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
² Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, and Institute of Transplantation, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hospitals NHS Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Chest Diseases Department, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
⁴ Thoracic Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
⁵ Program of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery and New Technologies, University Hospital of Catania, and Department of Surgery and Medical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
⁶ Department of Cardiology, Section for Lung Transplantation and Respiratory Medicine, Heart Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁷ Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁸ Unit of Thoracic Surgery, San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy.
⁹ Unicamillus - Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ Transplant Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
¹¹ Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
¹² Dept of Respiratory Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
¹³ Erasmus Transplant Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Abstract

The thoracic surgery and lung transplantation assembly (Assembly 8) of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) is delighted to present the highlights from the 2022 ERS International Congress that took place in a hybrid version in Barcelona, Spain. We have selected the four main sessions that discussed recent advances across a wide range of topics including the effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on thoracic surgery and the challenges regarding lung transplantation in connective tissue diseases and common variable immunodeficiency. The sessions are summarised by early career members in close collaboration with the assembly faculty. We aim to provide the reader with an update and enhanced insight into the highlights of the conference in the fields of thoracic surgery and lung transplantation.

Publication types

Review