Aortic homograft for pulmonary artery augmentation in single lung transplantation.
We present a case of unilateral lung transplantation in which a segment of the donor's descending aorta was used as a homograft for pulmonary artery augmentation in the donor lung. This technique can be used when the donor's lung artery has been cut at the base of the hilum during the harvesting procedure.
Rueda
Pablo
P
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico.
Morales
Jose
J
Guzman
Enrique
E
Tellez
Jose L
JL
Niebla
Benito A
BA
Avalos
Alejandro
A
Patiño
Hilda
H
D001011:Aorta / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous