• Ann. Thorac. Surg. · Oct 2020

    Case Reports

    Successful Lung Transplantation After Acellular Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion With Prone Positioning.

    • Hiromichi Niikawa, Toshihiro Okamoto, Kamal S Ayyat, Ichiro Sakanoue, James J Yun, and Kenneth R McCurry.
    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
    • Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2020 Oct 1; 110 (4): e285-e287.

    AbstractUse of prone positioning during ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) with the Toronto protocol reduced pulmonary edema in marginal human donor lungs. This report describes 2 cases in which prone positioning during EVLP significantly reduced lung weight. One of the 2 cases resulted in successful double-lung transplantation.Copyright © 2020 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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