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Left Lung Orthotopic Transplantation in a Juvenile Porcine Model for ESLP
Published on: February 14, 2022
Living-donor, single-lobe lung transplantation and simultaneous contralateral pneumonectomy in a child
Makoto Sonobe1, Toru Bando, Shigenori Kusuki
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Abstract:
An 8-year-old girl became ventilator-dependent due to severe bronchiolitis obliterans/interstitial pneumonia caused by cord-blood cell transplantation for neuroblastoma. Her mother's right lower lobe was twice as large as her right chest cavity. She successfully underwent living-donor, right, single-lobe lung transplantation and simultaneous left pneumonectomy under conditions of cardiopulmonary bypass. At 18 months after transplantation, the patient returned to school life and is currently able to carry out daily activities without supplemental oxygen.
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