Surgical technique of lower lobe lung transplantation.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.014.
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Abstract
Among patients with end-stage lung disease awaiting lung transplantation, pediatric and small adult patients have a significantly lower chance of getting size-matched pulmonary grafts in time because of the severe scarcity of small donors. It is our strategy to perform lobar lung transplantations in small recipients with restrictive pulmonary disease once their clinical status demands urgent transplantation. Here we describe our surgical technique and discuss the benefits and risks of this procedure.
Medical subject headings
- Lung Diseases, Obstructive
- Lung Transplantation
- Pulmonary Fibrosis