A First Experience of Distant Lung Preservation for Transplantation in the Russian Federation.

Lung transplant is an effective method of treating patients with end-stage respiratory diseases, but problems such as the imbalance between the number of donor organs and the number ofrecipients needing organs still play a leading role. From a transplant point of view, a multiorgan donor is considered of greatest efficiency, so that all organs that can potentially be used should be transplanted. The combination of the vast geographical territory of Russia, the shortage of actual donors, and the relatively small number of transplant centers has led to the need to transport donor lungs by air over long distances.

[Endoscopic treatment of bronchial complications after lung transplantation].

Objective: To analyze the incidence and structure of bronchial complications following lung transplantation and evaluate an effectiveness of endoscopic treatment of these events.

Material And Methods: The study enrolled 50 patients after bilateral lung transplantation (24 men and 26 women). Mean age of patients was 35.