Double-lung transplantation using donor lungs with a right tracheal bronchus.
A 58-year-old man underwent sequential bilateral lung transplantation. On the donor heart-lung block, it was discovered that the right apical segment was supplied by a tracheal bronchus. After the separate implantation of both lungs, a right apical segmentectomy was performed and the postoperative course was uneventful. The management of this problem is discussed.
Brichon
P Y
PY
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hopital A. Michallon, La Tronche, France.
Blin
D
D
Perez
I
I
Pison
C
C
Blanc-Jouvan
F
F
Pin
I
I
Barnoud
D
D
Brambilla
E
E
Latreille
R
R
D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities*