TY - JOUR
T1 - Single Lung Transplantation After Open Window Thoracotomy for Empyema
T2 - A Case Report
AU - Ueda, Kazunori
AU - Watanabe, Tatsuaki
AU - Watanabe, Yui
AU - Hirama, Takashi
AU - Oishi, Hisashi
AU - Niikawa, Hiromichi
AU - Matsuda, Yasushi
AU - Noda, Masafumi
AU - Hoshikawa, Yasushi
AU - Okada, Yoshinori
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - A 41-year-old woman with lymphangioleiomyomatosis developed a bronchial anastomotic stenosis after left single lung transplantation (LTx). A part of the hyperinflated right native lung was excised in an attempt to remedy the left lung compression, which appeared to affect the bronchial anastomotic stenosis and ventilation/perfusion mismatch. However, a persistent air leak after the surgery caused empyema and an open window thoracotomy (OWT) was performed. She remained oxygen-dependent and was relisted for lung transplantation. A right single LTx on the side of OWT was performed, achieving long-term survival with no activity limitations for the patient. We report here the first successful LTx after OWT for empyema.
AB - A 41-year-old woman with lymphangioleiomyomatosis developed a bronchial anastomotic stenosis after left single lung transplantation (LTx). A part of the hyperinflated right native lung was excised in an attempt to remedy the left lung compression, which appeared to affect the bronchial anastomotic stenosis and ventilation/perfusion mismatch. However, a persistent air leak after the surgery caused empyema and an open window thoracotomy (OWT) was performed. She remained oxygen-dependent and was relisted for lung transplantation. A right single LTx on the side of OWT was performed, achieving long-term survival with no activity limitations for the patient. We report here the first successful LTx after OWT for empyema.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.transproceed.2024.05.019
DO - 10.1016/j.transproceed.2024.05.019
M3 - Article
C2 - 38834416
AN - SCOPUS:85195023734
SN - 0041-1345
VL - 56
SP - 1179
EP - 1182
JO - Transplantation Proceedings
JF - Transplantation Proceedings
IS - 5
ER -