title: Aortic homograft for pulmonary artery augmentation in single lung transplantation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rueda
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guzman
authors.forename: Jose L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Tellez
authors.forename: Benito A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Niebla
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avalos
authors.forename: Hilda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Patiño
mesh_terms: 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