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Two single lung transplants from a single cadaveric donor were successfully conducted at 2 institutions on March 29, 2000, the first such procedure in Japan under newly introduced legislation. Our patient was a 48-year-old woman with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis who underwent left single-lung transplantation under cardiopulmonary support. The donor lung was preserved in 4°C modified Euro-Collins solution. Total ischemic time was 5 hours and 37 minutes. The postoperative course was uneventful. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 62 with satisfactory respiratory function.
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Miyoshi, S., Minami, M., Ohta, M. et al. Single lung transplantation from a brain-dead donor for a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 49, 398–403 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02913160
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