Organ Transplantation: Lung Repair via Cross-Circulation
Extracorporeal cross-circulation between lungs enables the extended support of recipient lungs and the recovery of injured lungs in a swine model.
Cross-Circulation for Extracorporeal Support and Recovery of the Lung
The shortage of transplantable donor organs has profound consequences, especially for patients with end-stage lung disease, for which transplantation remains the only definitive treatment. Although advances in ex vivo lung perfusion have enabled the evaluation and reconditioning...