Late contralateral lobectomy after single-lung transplantation for emphysema.
Cases of hyperinflation of native emphysematous lung have been reported in the early period after single-lung transplantation. We report a case of a similar complication that occurred 2 years after transplantation and was successfully treated by lobectomy.
Le Pimpec-Barthes
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Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpital Laennec, Paris, France.
Debrosse
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Cuenod
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Gandjbakhch
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Riquet
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D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography