Lung Transplantation is covered in detail in this important issue of the Thoracic Surgery Clinics. Articles include: Candidacy for Lung Transplant and Lung Allocation; ECMO as Bridge to Lung Transplant; Single Versus Double Lung Transplant: Do Guidelines Exist?; Extending the Donor Pool: Donation After Cardiac Death; Extending the Donor Pool: Rehabilitation of Poor Organs; Bronchial Artery Revascularization; Anastomotic Airway Complications Following Lung Transplantation: Implications and Interventions; Pleural Space Complications Associated with Lung Transplantation; Reflux and Allograft Dysfunction, Is there a Connection?; Artificial Lungs: Are We There Yet?; and more.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Contributors - p. 4 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. 6 6. Preface: Lung Transplantation - p. 7 7. Candidacy for Lung Transplant and Lung Allocation - p. 8 8. ECMO as Bridge to Lung Transplant - p. 18 9. Extending the Donor Pool - p. 24 10. Expanding the Donor Pool - p. 30 11. Single Versus Bilateral Lung Transplantation - p. 39 12. Airway Complications After Lung Transplantation - p. 45 13. The Role of Bronchial Artery Revascularization in Lung Transplantation - p. 60 14. Pleural Space Complications Associated with Lung Transplantation - p. 65 15. Reflux and Allograft Dysfunction: Is There a Connection? - p. 71 16. Artificial Lungs - p. 77 17. Index - p. 83
Lung Transplantation is covered in detail in this important issue of the Thoracic Surgery Clinics. Articles include: Candidacy for Lung Transplant and Lung Allocation; ECMO as Bridge to Lung Transplant; Single Versus Double Lung Transplant: Do Guidelines Exist?; Extending the Donor Pool: Donation After Cardiac Death; Extending the Donor Pool: Rehabilitation of Poor Organs; Bronchial Artery Revascularization; Anastomotic Airway Complications Following Lung Transplantation: Implications and Interventions; Pleural Space Complications Associated with Lung Transplantation; Reflux and Allograft Dysfunction, Is there a Connection?; Artificial Lungs: Are We There Yet?; and more.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Contributors - p. 4 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. 6 6. Preface: Lung Transplantation - p. 7 7. Candidacy for Lung Transplant and Lung Allocation - p. 8 8. ECMO as Bridge to Lung Transplant - p. 18 9. Extending the Donor Pool - p. 24 10. Expanding the Donor Pool - p. 30 11. Single Versus Bilateral Lung Transplantation - p. 39 12. Airway Complications After Lung Transplantation - p. 45 13. The Role of Bronchial Artery Revascularization in Lung Transplantation - p. 60 14. Pleural Space Complications Associated with Lung Transplantation - p. 65 15. Reflux and Allograft Dysfunction: Is There a Connection? - p. 71 16. Artificial Lungs - p. 77 17. Index - p. 83
