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Bilateral Sequential Lung Transplantation: What the Anesthesiologist Needs to Know About the Surgical Approach

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Lung transplantation is a viable option for those patients with end-stage lung disease. After careful evaluation of candidacy, a complex operation with numerous challenging components is performed. Described herein, are the salient features of this operation from the viewpoint of the surgeon. Our goal is to enhance the anesthesiologist’s understanding of the process with a view to improving multidisciplinary collaboration to improve outcomes as a whole.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, UPMC Presbyterian, Suite C-900, 200 Lothrop St., Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    J. W. Awori Hayanga M.D., M.P.H., Ernest G. Chan M.D., Norihisa Shigemura M.D., Ph.D. & Jonathan D’Cunha M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. J. W. Awori Hayanga M.D., M.P.H.
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Correspondence to Jonathan D’Cunha M.D., Ph.D. .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Kathirvel Subramaniam

  2. Department of Anesthesiology The Clinical and Translational Science Institute The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Tetsuro Sakai

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Hayanga, J.W.A., Chan, E.G., Shigemura, N., D’Cunha, J. (2017). Bilateral Sequential Lung Transplantation: What the Anesthesiologist Needs to Know About the Surgical Approach. In: Subramaniam, K., Sakai, T. (eds) Anesthesia and Perioperative Care for Organ Transplantation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6377-5_8

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