Continued Successful Evolution of Extended Criteria Donor Lungs for Transplantation

Conclusions Future studies examining lung transplantation outcomes with EVLP must consider the excellent results that can be achieved by using marginal lungs and conventional donor management. It is important to consider that adopting a strategy of perioperative lung donor evaluation and intervention allows use of what are considered marginal lungs to achieve promising results.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research