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

J Y Chen; M F Zheng; Z H Jing; Y G Wang; Q K Zhu; R Chen

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.03.030

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

Transplant Proc. 2006 Jun;38(5):1535-7. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.03.030.

Authors

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

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Thorax, No. 5 Hospital of WuXi, JiangSu Province, China. jingyuchen@hotmail.com

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

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Functional Laterality
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Lung / surgery*
Lung Transplantation / methods*
Male
Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Fibrosis / surgery*
Radiography, Thoracic
Tissue and Organ Harvesting / methods*
Treatment Outcome