Increasing pre-transplant confidence and safety for use of questionable donor lungs with ex-situ assessment and reconditioning

Since its successful kick-off in the early eighties, lung transplantation has evolved as a live-saving treatment for selected patients with end-stage lung disease [1]. As for all types of solid organ transplantation, the practice of lung transplantation is limited by the number of available donors and their percentage of good quality pulmonary grafts [2]. Strict donor criteria as set by experts in the early days of lung transplantation were not derived from high quality scientific studies [3]. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.status: publishe