Dr. L.M. Darlong

Professional Journey

Achievements

• First in the country to perform advanced NUSS using technique of pectoscopy, crane lift and pectus tunneloscopy for chest wall disorder.
• Established 1^st Laser lung Metastasectomy centre in India

Awards

• CTSNET [Cardiothoracic surgery network] Video top contents for Thoracic video 2013, ” Single-incision-thoracoscopic-decortications- stage-3-organized-pleural-effusion”.
• 3rd Medgate Today India Health care awards 2013 for “Thoracic surgery & Thoracic Oncology”

Publication

• Darlong LM, Shunyu NB, Das R, et al. Cut throat zone II neck injury  and  advantage  of  a  feeding    J Emerg Trauma Shock 2009;2(3):213-5
• Darlong L.M., Panad S., Topno N., Hajong R. Colonoscopic retrieval of migrated Copper-T. J Minim Access Surg. 2009;5:40–42
• Laleng M Darlong. How I Do it Differently: Video-assisted thoracic surgery for superior posterior mediastinal neurogenic tumour in the supine position. J Min Access Surg 2009;5:49-51
• Panda S, Darlong LM, Singh S, et Case report of a primary ovarian pregnancy in a primigravida. Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences. 2009;2(2):90-92
• Laleng M Darlong. Images in Surgery: Vanishing Lung Syndrome. Indian Journal of Surgery 2010; 72:79-80
• Darlong LM,  Das  R,  Hajong  R,  Topno    A  report  of  two  cases  of  asca-riasis  pancreatitis  managed  conservatively.  Ann  Trop  Med  Public  Health  2011;4:48-50.
• Laleng M Darlong. Editorial; Thoracoscopy for Trauma. Lung India April-june 2011
• Laleng M Darlong, NEW IDEAS – Thoracic: Pectus tunneloscopy: Making Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum safe, Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg (2013) 17 (2): 233-236
• CTSNET videos, http://www.ctsnet.org/article/single-incision-thoracoscopic-decortications-stage-3-organized-pleural-effusion
• CTSNET videos, Expert technique, http://www.ctsnet.org/article/dual-incision-thoracoscopic-decortication-stage-2-fibrinopurulent-effusion
• Son HS, Lee SH, Darlong LM, Jung JS, Sun K, Kim HJ, Lee K, Lee SH, Lee JT. Is there a role for a needle thoracoscopic pleural biopsy under local anesthesia for pleural fusions?.Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014;47:124–128.
• Laleng M Darlong, Moon Bridge Bar Stabilization: The Way Forward for Bar Stabilization in Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum. Clinics in Surgery – Thoracic Surgery, 2016 | Volume 1 | Article 1256 Sep;11(3):319-326
• Darlong, L.M., Ram, D., Sharma, A. et al. The Azygous Lobe of the Lung: in the Case of Lung Cancer. Indian J Surg Oncol (2017). doi:10.1007/s13193-016-0617-y
• Ram, D., Sharma, A., Darlong,L.M et al. Management of solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura: a rare differential of solid lung masses. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2017).doi:10.1007/s12055-016-0484-8
• Ram, D., Darlong, L.M., Sharma, A. et al ; Chest wall reconstruction using steel wire in a case of Chondrosarcoma Rib: a novel technique of neo-rib. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2017). doi:10.1007/s12055-017-0493-2
• Shagun Bhatia Shah*, Itee Chowdhury, Laleng Mawia Darlong, Priyanka Goyal, Anamica Kansal. Clinical Pearls in Anaesthesia for Pleurectomy/Decortication for Malignant Mesothelioma . June 2017  The Open Anesthesiology Journal 11(1):29-34 DOI: 2174/1874321801711010029
• Shah SB,Hariharan U, Bhargava AK, Darlong LM. Anesthesia for minimally invasive chest wall reconstructive surgeries: Our experience and review of literature. Saudi J Anaesth. 2017 Jul-
• Ram, D. K. Sharma, L. Darlong, S. K. Rajappa, and Y. S.Bhakuni, “Mediastinal teratoma with pulmonary parenchyma fistula: a rare diagnostic endeavour,” Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research : JCDR, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. XD03–XD04,2017
• Sharma, D.K., Ram, D., Shukla, H. Darlong LM et al. Pseudomyxoma pleuri as a Surgical Emergency: a Rare Case Report. Indian J Surg Oncol 9, 271–273 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-017-0712-8
• Sharma K. C., Bhakuni Y. S., Darlong L. M. et al. A giant mediastinal thymolipoma: a rare pathological entity. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019;35:115-117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-018-0700-9
• Rupam Jha 1, Shagun Shah Bhatia 2, Rajeev Chawla 3, Laleng M.Darlong ,THORACOSCORE FAILS TO ACCURATELY PREDICT MORTALITY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING THORACIC SURGERY IN INDIAN POPULATION. Abstracts / European Journal of Surgical Oncology 46 (2020) e30ee171
• Darlong, L.M. Single-centre Indian case series using X or cross bar for Nuss procedure in pectus excavatum. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-020-01007-x
• Meenakshi Kamboj, Garima Durga,Sunil Pasricha,L. M. Darlong, Synaptophysin Positive Glomus Tumor of Trachea Simulating Typical Carcinoid: A Potential trap : Head and Neck Pathology https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-020-01230-3
• Goel V, Darlong LM. Anomalous Pulmonary Vein in Chemo-irradiated Subcarinal Space. May 2021. doi:10.25373/ctsnet.14542458
• Vineet Goel, Sunil Pasricha, Manish Pruthi& Laleng Mawia Darlong. Parosteal osteosarcoma with high-grade transformation and lung metastasis after 12 years: a rare presentation. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-021-01214-0
• Kamboj M, Durga G, Pasricha S, Darlong LM, Jajodia A, Gupta G, Sharma A, Koyyala VPB, Mehta A. Synaptophysin Positive Glomus Tumor of Trachea Simulating Typical Carcinoid: A Potential trap. Head Neck Pathol. 2021 Sep;15(3):994-998. doi: 10.1007/s12105-020-01230-3. Epub 2020 Oct 6. PMID: 33025460; PMCID: PMC8385084.
• Batra U, Prabhash K, Agarwal JP, Darlong L, Munshi A, Penumadu P, Thangakunam B, Bansal A. Clinical management of stage III non-small cell lung cancer in India: An expert consensus statement. Asia Pac J Clin Oncol. 2023 Dec;19(6):606-617. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13938. Epub 2023 Feb 23. PMID: 36815621.
• Bhatnagar V, Kumar R, Singh A, Singh M, Darlong LM, Mittal AK. Comparative Study Between Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia Morphine and Computerized Ambulatory Delivery Device Epidural Morphine for Post Operative Analgesia for Nuss Procedure in Pectus Excavatum: A Retrospective Analysis. Cureus. 2023 Jul 3;15(7):e41301. doi: 10.7759/cureus.41301. PMID: 37539397; PMCID: PMC10394658
• Janssen N, Daemen JHT, van Polen EJ, Coorens NA, Jansen YJL, Franssen AJPM, Hulsewé KWE, Vissers YLJ, Haecker FM, Milanez de Campos JR, de Loos ER; Chest Wall International Group Collaborator Group. Pectus Excavatum: Consensus and Controversies in Clinical Practice. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Jul;116(1):191-199. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.02.059. Epub 2023 Mar 29. PMID: 36997016.
• Shah E, Raman NS, Aggarwal MK, Jain A, Chokhani A, Murugan A, Goyal R, Darlong L, Batra U. Accuracy of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) in the staging of lung cancer – A comparison of staging EBUS with postoperative pathological nodal staging. Lung India. 2024 Mar-Apr;41(2):93–7. doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_449_23. Epub 2024 Feb 27. PMCID: PMC10959321.
• Darlong, L., Chakraborty, A. & Sharma, P. Nd-YAG laser–assisted pulmonary metastasectomy: initial experience from a tertiary care cancer center in India. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-024-01723-8
• Sekhon R, Naithani A, Darlong L, et al EV434/#157  HITAC – a surgical technique in stage IV carcinoma ovary International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer 2024;34:A317.