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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Surgery
Lung transplantation
- Lung transplantation is essential in treatment of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Pulmonary fibrosis is the most common interstitial lung disease requiring lung transplant and it should be performed early in order to increase the survival rate.[1]
- Indications of lung transplant include the following:[2]
- Patients younger than 65 years old
- Patients with low body mass index (<26 kg/m2)
References
- ↑ Thabut G, Mal H, Castier Y, Groussard O, Brugière O, Marrash-Chahla R; et al. (2003). "Survival benefit of lung transplantation for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis". J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 126 (2): 469–75. PMID 12928646.
- ↑ Weill D, Benden C, Corris PA, Dark JH, Davis RD, Keshavjee S; et al. (2015). "A consensus document for the selection of lung transplant candidates: 2014--an update from the Pulmonary Transplantation Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation". J Heart Lung Transplant. 34 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2014.06.014. PMID 25085497.