title: Contralateral pneumonectomy after single-lung transplantation for emphysema.
abstract: An intractable contralateral air leak developed in a 46-year-old woman after right single-lung transplantation for emphysema. A left pneumonectomy was performed on postoperative day 17, leaving the patient with only one transplanted lung. Fifteen months postoperatively the patient is well and has satisfactory pulmonary function. Survival with a good quality of life is possible after single-lung transplantation and bilateral sequential pneumonectomies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Novick
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Menkis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sandler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: F N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: McKenzie
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000601:surgery*