A scale for decision making between whole lung transplantation or lobar transplantation☆ | Zendy

Domenico Loizzi | Zendy; Clemens Aigner | Zendy; Péter Jaksch | Zendy; A. Scheed | Zendy; Bruno Mora | Zendy; Francesco Sollitto | Zendy; Walter Klepetko | Zendy

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A scale for decision making between whole lung transplantation or lobar transplantation☆

Author(s) -

Domenico Loizzi,

Clemens Aigner,

Péter Jaksch,

A. Scheed,

Bruno Mora,

Francesco Sollitto,

Walter Klepetko

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.11.032

Subject(s) - transplantation , lung transplantation , receiver operating characteristic , medicine , area under the curve , surgery , nuclear medicine

In lung transplantation, appropriate size matching is of crucial importance to achieve satisfactory outcomes. Tailoring of the lung has been repeatedly described as successful means of overcoming size disparities. The goal of this study was to define a parameter helping the surgeon in the decision whether a standard lung transplantation or a lobar transplantation should be anticipated.

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