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Case report: a left donor lung implanted in the recipient's right thorax for the therapy of pulmonary fibrosis.

J Y Chen1, M F Zheng, Z H Jing, Y G Wang, Q K Zhu, R Chen.   

Abstract

A 68-year patient suffering from pulmonary fibrosis underwent single lung transplantation on April 4, 2005. Because the ipsilateral donor lung was severely damaged, we had to implant the contralateral lung--the left lung--to the right thorax, and finally this patient recovered.

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Year:  2006        PMID: 16797352     DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.03.030

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Transplant Proc        ISSN: 0041-1345            Impact factor:   1.066


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1.  Heterotopic lung transplant: a feasible approach to compensate for organ shortages.

Authors:  Jin Zhao; ShuGao Ye; Feng Liu; Man Huang; Yongshan Xu; Yuan Chen; JingYu Chen
Journal:  Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg       Date:  2022-06-15
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