title: Single lung transplantation with simultaneous contralateral pneumonectomy for cystic fibrosis.
abstract: A 24-year-old man with cystic fibrosis and marked reduction of volume of the left hemithorax caused by skeletal asymmetry and mediastinal shift underwent successful right single lung transplantation with simultaneous left pneumonectomy. Despite significant preoperative microbiologic contamination, it proved possible to sterilize the pneumonectomy space and no airway complications occurred. Good long-term results have been achieved, and the historic assumption that single lung transplantation is unsuitable for patients with septic lung disease is challenged.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Forty
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Corris
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Dark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011859:Radiography; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents