Author/Authors :
Richard J. Novick، نويسنده , , Alan H. Menkis، نويسنده , , David Sandler، نويسنده , , Avinash Garg، نويسنده , , Dildar Ahmad، نويسنده , , Sandy Williams، نويسنده , , F. Neil McKenzie، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
An intractable contralateral air leak developed in a 46-year-old woman after right single-lung transplantation for emphysema. A left pneumonectomy was performed on postoperative day 17, leaving the patient with only one transplanted lung. Fifteen months postoperatively the patient is well and has satisfactory pulmonary function. Survival with a good quality of life is possible after single-lung transplantation and bilateral sequential pneumonectomies.
