Recipient Airway Bronchoplasty for Donor "Pig Bronchus"

Gita N Mody; Hari R Mallidi

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.100

Recipient Airway Bronchoplasty for Donor "Pig Bronchus"

Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Mar;109(3):e193-e194. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.100. Epub 2019 Aug 24.

Authors

Gita N Mody¹, Hari R Mallidi²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Electronic address: gita_mody@med.unc.edu.
² Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 31454527
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.100

Abstract

Dissemination of surgical techniques to manage rare donor airway anomalies may improve outcomes after lung transplantation. This report describes a case of an unsuspected donor tracheal bronchus that was successfully managed with a native right mainstem bronchoplasty.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Bronchi / abnormalities*
Bronchi / surgery*
Humans
Lung Transplantation*
Male
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / methods
Tissue Donors
Trachea / abnormalities*