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Donor Posterior Atrial Flap Rotation for Left Atrial Cuff Reconstruction in Lung Transplantation
Published on: October 11, 2024
First lung transplant in Wuhan for a critical and elderly COVID-19 patient
Bo Wang1, Jie Huang1, Micheal Hsin2
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Introduction:
We report the case of a 65-year-old Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient with pneumonia and subsequent end-stage pulmonary failure who required 63 days of mechanical ventilation (MV) and 62 days of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
Methods:
On Day 45, a comprehensive interdisciplinary discussion on the best course of treatment resulted in the general consensus that his lungs would not recover. As such, he was evaluated and listed for a lung transplant.
Results:
We performed a bilateral lung transplant, and the patient was weaned off ECMO and MV postoperatively. This is the first report of lung transplants in patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan.
Conclusions:
We suggest that a lung transplantation may be a viable treatment for patients with end-stage pulmonary failure secondary to COVID-19 in selected situations.
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