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Ep 437 Pulmera’s Journey From Concept to Clinical Impact with Dr. Bryan Hartley

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Lung Cancer Podcasts

Listen to leading physicians discuss lung cancer on the BackTable VI Podcast. Get tips, tricks, and expert guidance from your peers and level up your practice.

Episode #464

Minimizing Complications for Challenging Lung Biopsies

Dr. Venkatesh Krishnasamy shares techniques and specific cases for challenging lung biopsies, his insights on mentorship, importance of multidisciplinary tumor boards, and the evolution of lung biopsy practices. Dr. Krishnasamy is an interventional radiologist and Director of Interventional Oncology at the University of Alabama Birmingham.

Episode #437

Pulmera’s Journey From Concept to Clinical Impact

In this episode, host Dr. Bryan Hartley takes us on a deep dive into the origin story and mission of Pulmera, a medtech company dedicated to transforming the field of bronchoscopic lung cancer diagnosis by retrofitting existing fluoroscopy machines into cone beam CT-like scanners. Dr. Hartley is a vascular and interventional radiologist and co-founded Pulmera, alongside interventional pulmonologist Dr. Harmeet Bedi at Stanford.

Episode #278

Minimizing Complications for Lung Biopsies

In this episode, host Dr. Chris Beck interviews chest and interventional radiologist Dr. Robert Suh about his lung biopsy technique, including how he approaches pain management, and his take on the best way to seal the biopsy tract to prevent air leaks.

Episode #257

Microwave Ablation for Liver Lesions

In this episode, Dr. Chris Beck interviews Interventional Radiologist Dr. Josh Kuban about his liver tumor ablation practice at MD Anderson Cancer Center, including how it's evolved over time with newer technologies. They also discuss patient workup for liver tumors, treatment with microwave ablation, and post-procedure follow up. Dr. Kuban shares why he uses microwave ablation technology, and the advantages of ablation confirmation software for these procedures.

Episode #157

Percutaneous Lung Biopsies: Pleural & Parenchymal Blood Patching

In Part II of our Lung Biopsy Series Dr. Fred Lee and Dr. Christopher Beck discuss Pleural and Parenchymal Blood Patching to prevent Pneumothorax, including results of the recent JVIR article from Sept 2021.

Episode #156

Percutaneous Lung Biopsies: The Basics

We start off Part 1 of a 2 part series with Dr. Fred Lee discussing Percutaneous Lung Biopsy Technique, with tips and tricks to help your daily practice.

Episode #7

Lung Tumor Ablation

In Episode 7 we discuss Lung tumor ablation therapies with Dr. Stephen Hunt, MD, PhD, including practice building and devices.

Lung Cancer Articles

Read our exclusive BackTable VI Articles for quick insights on lung cancer, provided by physicians for physicians.

Lung Biopsy Procedure: Patient Communication, Medications & Device Selection

The key to a successful needle lung biopsy procedure is proper preparation. Interventional radiologist Dr. Robert Suh shares his approach to patient prep for lung biopsy, including pain control.

BioSentry Plug vs Blood Patching: Preventing Pneumothorax After Lung Biopsy

Pneumothorax is a common complication during a lung biopsy procedure. Dr. Robert Suh describes two distinct methods, BioSentry plug and blood patching, to manage this complication, and considerations for each approach.

The NeuWave Microwave Ablation System: A Guide for IRs

Interventional radiologist Dr. Josh Kuban shares his workflow with the NeuWave microwave ablation system & his review of the system interface, the ability to draw customizable margins, & more!

Evolving Practices: Microwave Ablation with Multiple Probes & Ablation Confirmation Software

Along with the speed and efficiency associated with microwave ablation, the introduction of NeuWave’s ablation confirmation software significantly modifies the microwave ablation procedure workflow, allowing the use of multi-probe techniques, and larger ablation zones.

Pleural & Parenchymal Blood Patching Techniques in Lung Biopsy

Blood patching began to emerge in the early 2000’s as a technique to reduce the incidence of chest tube placements subsequent to pneumothoraces, and has since been adopted in lung biopsy procedures. Blood patching is a technique in which the operator introduces the patient's own blood into the pulmonary space to promote coagulation of air passages created upon biopsy.

CT Guided Lung Biopsy Procedure Techniques

A CT guided lung biopsy procedure can be quite challenging. There is a risk of injuring the many pulmonary and intercostal vessels, the time consuming process of sticking the nodule, using anesthesia, & more. Learn more from Dr. Fred Lee.

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