Lobar lung transplantation: One size fits all Hari R. Mallidi, MD, Gita N. Mody, MD, MPH The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 153, Issue 2, Pages 477-478 (February 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.10.059 Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Recipient chest x-ray of a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and a very small thoracic cavity due to shrunken lungs. Typically, these patients would wait a very long time to find suitably sized donor organs. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017 153, 477-478DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.10.059) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Recipient chest x-ray. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017 153, 477-478DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.10.059) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions