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Lobar Torsion Following Bilateral Lung Transplantation
Author(s) -
Stephens Georgina,
Bhagwat Krishna,
Pick Adrian,
McGiffin David
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12476
Subject(s) - medicine , torsion (gastropod) , lung , lung transplantation , complication , transplantation , surgery , left lung
A BSTRACT Torsion of lobes of the lung is a rare complication following lung transplantation. We present a case of counterclockwise torsion of the right lung allograft and review of nine additional cases in the literature of lobar torsion following lung transplantation. A high degree of suspicion is needed for early diagnosis with rapid surgical intervention to preserve lung viability. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12476 (J Card Surg 2015;30:209–214)