Challenges of lung transplantation in India

Lung transplantation (LTx) is the definitive treatment for select progressive end-stage lung disease patients despite being on optimum medical therapy. Asian countries like China, Japan and India have started LTx programmes despite various odds and challenges. Some of these challenges seem to be uni...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shah, Unmil B., Kumar, Pradeep, Rahulan, Vijil, Dutta, Prabhat, Attawar, Sandeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Nature Singapore 2021
Materias:
Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8064884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33935383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12055-021-01170-9
Descripción
Sumario:Lung transplantation (LTx) is the definitive treatment for select progressive end-stage lung disease patients despite being on optimum medical therapy. Asian countries like China, Japan and India have started LTx programmes despite various odds and challenges. Some of these challenges seem to be unique to developing countries. We have elaborated the challenges of LTx in India and their proposed solutions and shared our experience in setting up a successful LTx programme.

Ejemplares similares