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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
Since 1983 unilateral lung transplantation has become a clinical reality. The initial experience of the Hospital General Universitario de la Vall d'Hebron is presented with the description of the two first unipulmonary transplants. The first was a 20 year-old woman with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in whom a left unipulmonary transplant was carried out and who, at present is at home following the 23rd postoperative month. The second case was a 27 year-old man with pneumoconiosis who, at 12 months following the left lung transplantation, carries on a normal life. Among the complications observed, the presence of pneumonitis by cytomegalovirus in both patients is of note. Stenosis and partial dehiscence of the bronchial suture in the first patient and isolation of syncitial respiratory virus in the second patient were also observed. The effort and integration into a normal life style of the second patient is excellent. In contrast, the first patient presents an important postoperative functional deterioration secondary to her complications. The present study demonstrates that unipulmonary transplantations is a reality in Spain which must be considered by all respiratory disease specialists in their daily clinical practise.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0025-7753
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
380-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
[Unilateral lung transplantation: the first 2 cases. Group of Lung Transplantation of the University General Hospital of the Vall d'Hebron].
pubmed:affiliation
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital General Universitario de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports