Extracorporeal membrane oxygenator as a bridge to successful surgical repair of bronchopleural fistula following bilateral sequential lung transplantation: a case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Lung transplantation (LTx) is widely accepted as a therapeutic option for end-stage respiratory failure in cystic fibrosis. However, airway complications remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in these patients, serious airway complications like bronchopleural fistula (BPF) are...

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Autores principales: Khan, Nouman U, Al-Aloul, Mohamed, Khasati, Noman, Machaal, Ali, Leonard, Colm T, Yonan, Nizar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1899497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17550621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-2-28

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