Stöehr Ingeborg, Nagib Ragi, Franke Andreas, Wachsmuth Christa, Franke Ulrich Friedrich-Wilhelm
German Foundation for Organ Transplantation, Leipzig, Germany.
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2007 Feb;26(2):194-5. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.11.598.
Organ transplantation is limited by a worldwide organ scarcity. Heart and lung transplantation are particularly affected by this limitation. Consequently, there is increasing interest in transplantation of organs from marginal donors. We report a patient who underwent successful bilateral lung transplantation from a donor with fume poisoning and subsequent resuscitation.