Elective transplant pneumonectomy in a 38-year-old man.
Transplant pneumonectomy is a rarely performed procedure. It is occasionally carried out in the course of retransplantation. To our knowledge, resection of a transplanted lung without its replacement and with successful outcome in the adult has not been previously reported. We present a case of elective left transplant pneumonectomy in a 38-year-old man 6 years after left single-lung transplant. At 12 months after resection, the patient remains well, with good exercise tolerance.
Onyeaka
C V Patrick
CV
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK. chinyere@bigfoot.com
Alexiou
Christos
C
Rocco
Gaetano
G
Hopkinson
David N
DN
Suvarna
S Kim
SK
Braidley
Peter C
PC
Locke
Tim J
TJ
D000328:Adult; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome