Marisa E. Schwab, Elisabeth Martin, Xin Si, Stephanie D. Chao
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine.
United States
Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2025;
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivaf263
Abstract
Chest wall deformities are considered a risk factor for lung transplantation. A 5-year-old girl with protein surfactant C deficiency, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pectus excavatum (Haller 5.9) underwent lung transplantation and Nuss bar placement. Correction of her pectus was necessary to accommodate donor lungs. She was discharged after 18 days. We hope this youngest described child who underwent simultaneous transplant and pectus correction with excellent outcomes will lead others to consider concomitant surgeries.
Category
Class III. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Developmental Diseases of the Lung
Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Fresh or Filed Publication: Fresh (PHresh). Less than 1-2 years since publication
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