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Paediatric lobar lung transplantation: addressing the paucity of donor organs
Author(s) -
Keating Dominic T,
Westall Glen P,
Marasco Silvana F,
Burton Jacquie H,
Buckland Mark R,
Robertson Colin F,
Williams Trevor J,
Snell Gregory I
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01957.x
Subject(s) - medicine , respiratory medicine , transplantation , officer , lung transplantation , general surgery , surgery , history , archaeology
Two children with advanced lung disease underwent successful cadaveric bilateral lobar lung transplantation, using lungs "cut down" from deceased adult donors - the first reported use of the technique in Australia. This approach, while it cannot address the lack of donor organs, may enable us to redress any size bias limiting paediatric lung transplantation.