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Murine Intrapulmonary Tracheal Transplantation: A Model for Investigating Obliterative Airway Disease After Lung Transplantation
Published on: November 10, 2023
Successful repair of tracheal dehiscence after heart-lung transplantation
Marc P Pelletier1, Michael Coady, Shazad Ahmed
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Abstract:
Tracheal dehiscence remains one of the most feared complications after heart-lung transplantation because of its nearly universal fatality rate. Drawing on experiences from the tracheal reconstruction and the lung transplantation literature, we report the successful repair of tracheal dehiscence, after heart-lung transplantation, with an intercostal muscle flap.
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