Early lung allograft function after retrograde and antegrade preservation

Re: Retrograde in situ versus antegrade pulmonary preservation in clinical lung transplantation: a single-centre experience.

et al. Experimental lung transplantation: impact of preservation solution and route of delivery. SP et al. Surfactant function in lung transplantation after 24 hours of ische-mia: advantage of retrograde flush perfusion for preservation. Should lungs from donors with severe acute pulmonary embolism be accepted for transplantation? The Hannover experience. Early lung allograft function after ret...

Retrograde in situ versus antegrade pulmonary preservation in clinical lung transplantation: a single-centre experience.

OBJECTIVE Experimental and clinical studies have indicated a beneficial effect of retrograde lung preservation on post-transplant results. Accordingly, we conducted a non-randomized trial. METHODS A total of 209 consecutive recipients transplanted with low-potassium dextrane (LPD)-preserved lungs were eligible for analysis. Antegrade lung preservation (AP) was performed in 173 patients and re...

Pig heart preservation with antegrade intracellular crystalloid versus antegrade/retrograde miniplegia.

Both histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) solution and Braile miniplegia are commercially available and used with high success. The objective of this work was to compare the effects of both strategies in an animal model. Twelve pigs were divided into control, HTK, or Braile groups using a model of controlled global cardiac ischemia/reperfusion under cardiopulmonary bypass with 1 hour heart ...

Early allograft function in canine single lung transplant.

An assessment of early graft function in canine single lung transplant recipients was made by analysing early postoperative radiographic progression, lung perfusion, bronchial patency and bronchial anastomotic wound healing and histopathology of the allografted lung. Eighteen mongrel dogs weighing 15kg on average were used. Donor lung bloc with a generous atrial cuff, the pulmonary artery and l...

Traumatic optic pathway degeneration. Antegrade and retrograde.