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Dr. L.M. Darlong

MS (AIIMS), Fellowship Thoracic surgery (S.Korea)

Head – Thoracic Oncosurgery

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RGCIRC, Rohini, Delhi - 110 085

RGCIRC, Niti Bagh, Delhi - 110049

About

Dr. L. M. Darlong is one of the handful surgeons in India, dedicated to the care of non – cardiac thoracic chest diseases, and focuses on cancer surgery of the lungs, trachea, chest wall, oesophagus, and mediastinum. He emphasises minimally invasive chest surgery using VATS and Robotic surgery.

Dr. Darlong completed his schooling from Sainik School Imphal under sainik school society known for instilling discipline and career in armed forces. He earned his Medical Degree from Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal and MS from AIIMS, New Delhi. He completed his Residency in Thoracic Surgery from AIIMS Delhi. He earned his Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery from Korea University Medical Centre, South Korea.

Dr. Darlong pioneered advanced NUSS procedure for pectus deformity in India and is the first in the country to perform advanced NUSS procedure using technique of pectoscopy, crane lift and pectus tunneloscopy and moon bridge bar fixation.

He is also an innovator of the Neo-rib technique for chest wall tumor reconstruction

Dr. Darlong is a diligent medical scholar with publications in various indexed journals and is also a reviewer in various national and international journals of repute.

Specialized Areas

  • Robotic lung cancer surgery
  • Robotic Thymoma / Thymus / Mediastinal surgery
  • Robotic oesophagus cancer surgery
  • VATS, Uniportal thoracoscopy
  • Chest wall tumor and reconstruction
  • Centre for Laser lung metastasectomy surgery
  • Innovator of the “ Neo – Rib technique for chest wall reconstruction “
  • Pectus deformity- Nuss procedure [Only dedicated centre in India] – Innovator of the pectus tunneloscopy and moon bridge bar technique of fixation.

Educational Background

  • Fellowship Thoracic Surgery – Korea University Medical Centre, Seoul, S.Korea
  • MS – AIIMS Delhi
  • MBBS – GMC Bhopal

Experience

  • Head of Thoracic Oncosurgery, RGCIRC, Delhi: 2015 – till date
  • Consultant Thoracic surgery & Thoracic Oncology, Fortis Hospital: 2010 – 2015
  • Clinical fellow, Thoracic surgery at Korea university medical centre, Anam hospital Seoul, South Korea: 2009 – 2010
  • Assistant Professor Surgery, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong: 2006 – 2009
  • Sr.Resident Thoracic surgery, AIIMS, Delhi: 2002 – 2005
  • Jr. Resident Surgery, AIIMS, Delhi: 1999 – 2001

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 1st 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
  • 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
  • Pectus Excavatum: Consensus and Controversies in Clinical Practice , The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 116, Issue 1, July 2023, Pages 191-199. Chest Wall International Group Collaborator Group∗∗Author links open overlay panel Horacio A. Abramson 1, Wolfgang .S. Aguiar 2, Adam  Alder 3, Gabriela Ambriz-González 4, James Andrews 5, Leah M. Backhus 6, Sjoerd A. de Beer 7, José Ribas M. de Campos 8, Chih-Chun Chu 9, Bruce G. Currie 10, Laleng  M. Darlong 11,  [ 11 Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, Delhi, India ]
  • Naithani, A., Darlong, L.M., Akotkar, S. et al. Heated Intra-Thoracoabdominal Cavity Chemotherapy (HITAC): A Novel Technique in Advanced Carcinoma Ovary. Indian J Gynecol Oncolog 23, 5 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40944-024-00927-5
  • Naveen Kumar Kushwaha, Laleng Mawia Darlong, Sunil Pasricha, Prerna Garg, Prafull Kumar Gamit,Amyloidosis presenting as a malignancy: Two case reports and key diagnostic clues,Surgery Case Reports,Volume 4,2025, 100079.
  • D.R. Poonia, J. Thomas, L. Darlong. Reconstruction of sternum by semi-rigid method using neo-rib: A Novel surgical technique European Journal of Surgical Oncology, Volume 50, 109157
  • Aggarwal, M., Kushwaha, N.K., Darlong, L.M. et al. Is Pneumonectomy Obsolete? Our Experience in the Current Clinical Landscape. Indian J Surg Oncol (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-025-02328-2
  • Kushwaha, N.K., Darlong, L.M. & Pasricha, S. Pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung with paraneoplastic fever as presentation. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-025-01976-x
  • Darlong, L.M., Kushwaha, N.K., Garg, N. et al. Buttonhole LASER pulmonary metastasectomy: an innovative parenchyma preserving technique. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-025-01988-7

Membership

  • ASI [ Association of surgeons of India]
  • ISTS [Indian society for thoracic surgeon ]
  • CWIG [Chest wall International Group]
  • IASLC [International association for study of lung cancer]
  • ESTS [ European society for thoracic surgery ]
  • ERS [European respiratory society ]