Rebuilding the windpipe from the outside

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In this episode, Elena and Marcus unpack "Reinforcement of skin flap tracheal reconstruction with porous titanium nickelide implants: A novel approach to persistent tracheal defect closure", published as a JTCVS Techniques 2026 paper. Retrospective case series (June 2013–December 2020, Siberian State Medical University): 60 patients with persistent tracheal defects; 17 received external porous NiTi implant reinforcement, 43 conventional skin flap closure. Part of a series covering all 575 of Prof. Volinsky's publications, one episode at a time. Paper DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2026.102388. Note: voices in this episode are AI-generated: Elena and Marcus.