Donors with a prior history of cardiac surgery are a viable source of lung allografts [TX & MCS]

CONCLUSION
To date, this is the largest single-centre experience using lung allografts from brain-dead DPCS. Our experience shows despite predicted technical difficulties, with good communication between thoracic and abdominal teams, successful transplant outcomes are possible, when surgeons with experience in reoperative cases are sent for lung procurements.

Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery - November 3, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Costa, J., Sreekanth, S., Kossar, A., Raza, K., Robbins, H., Shah, L., Sonett, J. R., Arcasoy, S., D'Ovidio, F. Tags: Trachea and bronchi TX & amp; MCS Source Type: research