title: Delayed chest closure assessed by transesophageal echocardiogram in single-lobe lung transplantation.
abstract: A 6-year-old girl with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia successfully underwent living-donor right single-lobe lung transplantation from her mother. Her mother's right lower lobe was 207% bigger than her right chest cavity, and attempting chest closure caused significant compression and narrowing of the right pulmonary vein anastomosis, as assessed by transesophageal echocardiogram. Her chest was temporarily closed without rib approximation. The following day, her chest could be completely closed. The pulmonary vein anastomosis, confirmed by transesophageal echocardiogram, was now patent. Currently, 7 months after the transplantation, she is well without limitations.
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors: Fengshi
authors: F
authors: Chen
authors: Shino
authors: S
authors: Matsukawa
authors: Hisanari
authors: H
authors: Ishii
authors: Tadashi
authors: T
authors: Ikeda
authors: Tsuyoshi
authors: T
authors: Shoji
authors: Takuji
authors: T
authors: Fujinaga
authors: Toru
authors: T
authors: Bando
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Date
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019520:Living Donors; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration