Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Lung re-transplantation is a technically difficult procedure, but it becomes necessary in some patients with previous lung transplantation. Our patient was a 25 years old man with emphysema and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and had right side single lung transplantation 6 years ago. After 3 years of first operation pulmonary indexes gradually declined and with the diagnosis of Obliterans Bronchiolitis, he was treated by immunosuppressive medication and antibiotics. But with more decline in pulmonary function, frequent rejections and fibrosis, patient became dependent on supplemental oxygen, and re-transplantation was considered to be the only efficient treatment. Finally patient underwent left side lung transplantation, 6 years after his first lung transplantation.
Sheikhy,K , Daneshvar Kakhki,A , Sadegh Beigee,F , Shadmehr,M , Saghebi,S and Abbasi,A . (2014). A Case Report of Lung Re-Transplantation. Iranian Journal of Surgery, 22(Spring), 80-84.
MLA
Sheikhy,K , , Daneshvar Kakhki,A , , Sadegh Beigee,F , , Shadmehr,M , , Saghebi,S , and Abbasi,A . "A Case Report of Lung Re-Transplantation", Iranian Journal of Surgery, 22, Spring, 2014, 80-84.
HARVARD
Sheikhy K, Daneshvar Kakhki A, Sadegh Beigee F, Shadmehr M, Saghebi S, Abbasi A. (2014). 'A Case Report of Lung Re-Transplantation', Iranian Journal of Surgery, 22(Spring), pp. 80-84.
CHICAGO
K Sheikhy, A Daneshvar Kakhki, F Sadegh Beigee, M Shadmehr, S Saghebi and A Abbasi, "A Case Report of Lung Re-Transplantation," Iranian Journal of Surgery, 22 Spring (2014): 80-84,
VANCOUVER
Sheikhy K, Daneshvar Kakhki A, Sadegh Beigee F, Shadmehr M, Saghebi S, Abbasi A. A Case Report of Lung Re-Transplantation. Iranian Journal of Surgery. 2014;22(Spring):80-84.
