Open AccessChallenges, experiences, and postoperative outcomes in setting up first successful lung transplant unit in India
Author(s) -
V. Rahulan,
Unmil Shah,
Pavan Yadav,
Srinivasa Ravipathy,
Apar Jindal,
Santhanam Suresh,
HS Sandeepa,
Pradeep Kumar,
Anoop Mohandas,
Sunil Kumar,
Shivakumar Shivanna,
Santosh Kori,
Pradip Kumar Dutta,
Prem Anand,
BN Mahesh,
N Madhusudana,
B.V Bhaskar,
G.K. Balasubramani,
Sandeep Attawar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_585_20
Subject(s) - medicine , lung transplantation , lung , logistic regression , surgery , stenosis , sepsis , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , complication
Lung transplantation (LT) has emerged as a definitive cure for a plethora of end-stage lung diseases (ESLDs). With improvements in immune-suppression protocols, the posttransplantation survival rates have gone up.