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(Chest. 2000;117:285-287.)
© 2000 American College of Chest Physicians

Esophageal Perforation After Sequential Double-Lung Transplantation*

Federico Venuta, MD; Erino A. Rendina, MD; Tiziano De Giacomo, MD; Anna Maria Ciccone, MD; Edoardo Mercadante, MD and Giorgio Furio Coloni, MD

* From the Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy.

Correspondence to: Federico Venuta, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Policlinico Umberto I, Via le del Policlinico, 00100 Rome, Italy; e-mail: Fevenuta{at}tin.it

The authors report a case of esophageal perforation after sequential double-lung transplantation for bronchiectasis. This complication was probably related to the devascularization of the esophageal wall during pneumonectomy.

Key Words: complications • esophageal perforation • lung transplantation




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