Procurement of lungs from brain-dead donors

Lung transplantation is the procedure of choice in many patients with end-stage lung disease and is being performed more frequently around the world. However, there continues to be shortage of donor organs with the ever-expanding number of recipients on the waiting list, leading to liberalization of...

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Published inIndian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 37; no. Suppl 3; pp. 416 - 424
Main Authors Krishnan, Prasad, Saddoughi, Sahar-Al-Sadat (Sahar)
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore Springer Singapore 01.09.2021
Subjects
Cardiac Surgery
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Review
Review Article
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Lung preservation
Operative techniques
Packing and transportation
Pulmoplegia
Lung procurement
Perfadex
Donor evaluation
Transplantation
Marginal donors
Prostaglandin E-1
Retrograde flushing
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Summary:Lung transplantation is the procedure of choice in many patients with end-stage lung disease and is being performed more frequently around the world. However, there continues to be shortage of donor organs with the ever-expanding number of recipients on the waiting list, leading to liberalization of the lung donor selection criteria with increasing acceptance of marginal donors while striving for excellent results. This has placed an increasing emphasis on the technique of donor lung procurement and preservation from marginal donors. Good judgment and procurement techniques are necessary to obtain high-quality donor lungs for transplantation and optimize long-term results. This is a review of our current technique used for the procurement of the lungs from brain-dead donors.
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ISSN:0970-9134
0973-7723
DOI:10.1007/s12055-021-01140-1