One-year experience with ex vivo lung perfusion: Preliminary results from a single center.

CONCLUSION: Ex vivo lung perfusion can safely be used in the evaluation of lungs initially considered not suitable for transplantation. The primary outcome was not negatively affected and normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion is a useful tool to increase the usage of potentially transplantable lungs. PMID: 29976122 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs - July 1, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Koch A, Pizanis N, Olbertz C, Abou-Issa O, Taube C, Slama A, Aigner C, Jakob HG, Kamler M Tags: Int J Artif Organs Source Type: research