Lung Transplantation

Studies from University Hospital Have Provided New Information about Lung Transplantation

Published in Blood Weekly, September 1st, 2011

2011 SEP 1 -- "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," investigators in Hamburg, Germany report.

"It is our strategy to perform lobar lung transplantations in small recipients with restrictive pulmonary disease once their clinical status demands urgent transplantation," wrote T. Deuse and colleagues, University Hospital.

The researchers concluded: "Here we describe our surgical technique and discuss the benefits and risks of this...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2011-09-01)

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