Commentary: Recipient-tailored segmental lung transplantation: First aid kit for kids in urgent need?

[摘要] “Tailor-made” is a common expression used in fashion to state that clothing has been made specifically for someone and thus fits very well. Likewise, appropriate donor-to-recipient size matching in lung transplantation is important, as the rigid chest cavity is less flexible to accommodate an oversized pulmonary graft, especially in patients with fibrotic lung disease. Finding an adequate lung donor for small recipients is even more challenging, as pediatric cadaveric donors are very scarce.

[学科分类] 心脏病和心血管学