Resection of infarcted upper lobe with reimplantation of the lower lobe allograft after initial bilateral full-sized lung transplantation: a case report
We describe the case of a patient with lobar-lung auto-reimplantation following bilateral lung transplantation because of vascular and bronchial anastomotic complications with upper lobe infarction. Pneumonectomy of the left allograft with ex-vivo upper lobectomy and lower lobe reimplantation was successfully performed, resulting in favorable short-term recovery and improving graft function at 7-month follow-up.
Authors
- Sophie Pirenne
- Lieven Depypere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8230-5649)
- Hans Van Veer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1153-8298)
- Robin Vos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3468-9251)
- Dirk Van Raemdonck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1261-0992)
- Yanina Jeanne Leona Jansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8322-9841)
- Birgit Weynand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4246-6303)
- Paul De Leyn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4200-227X)
- Laurens J. Ceulemans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-7100)
- An‐Lies Provoost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8011-5091)
Institutions
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JHLT Open
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlto.2025.100295
- Primary Topic
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00