Lung transplantation in a Jehovah's witness. Case report in a twinning procedure

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A M Grande, M Rinaldi, A M D'Armini, C Pellegrini, M Viganò

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2003, 44 (1): 131-4

Jehovah's Witnesses, patients who refuse blood transfusions, are generally not considered as candidates for lung transplantation owing to the frequent requirement for transfusions. A successful procedure in a Jehovah's Witness is presented and to our knowledge this is the 2(nd) reported case. The patient, a 38-year-old female, type I diabetes, affected by idiopatic pulmonary fibrosis underwent left lung transplantation. From the same pulmonary bloc a twinning procedure was obtained by means of right lung transplantation in a 58-year-old man affected by the same pathology. Surgical strategies employed in achieving a successful outcome, ethical and moral aspects are discussed.

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