title: Lung volume reduction surgery after lung transplantation for emphysema-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
abstract: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS) has become a palliative treatment for patients with advanced emphysema and disabling dyspnea. After single lung transplantation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, LVRS may be indicated to improve graft dysfunction caused by native lung hyperinflation compressing the grafted lung. This common complication is the subject of our study, which showed LVRS to be helpful to manage this situation. We performed an observational retrospective and descriptive study using the data of 293 patients transplanted in our center between January 1996 and October 2011. Some of the patients who underwent a single lung transplantation developed native lung hyperinflation years after the transplantation, interfering with respiratory function due to graft compression.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Unit, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain. eli_piano@hotmail.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arango
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Espinosa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Illana
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carrasco
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Algar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cerezo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baamonde
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Requejo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Redel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vaquero
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salvatierra
mesh_terms: D004646:Emphysema / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000601:surgery*