Lung Rapid Recovery Procurement Combined with Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Controlled Donation after Circulatory DeathSara Naranjo Gozalo 1,2, Maria de los Angeles Ballesteros Sanz 3, Carlos Alvarez De Arriba 1, Victor Manuel Mora Cuesta 4, Eduardo Miñambres García 2,3, Laura Sánchez Moreno 1
1Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung transplant Unit, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, 2University of Cantabria School of Medicine, 3Intensive Care Unit, Donor Coordination Unit, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, 4Department of Pneumology, Lung Transplant Unit, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla
The protocol combines a lung cooling rapid recovery technique with abdominal normothermic regional perfusion for abdominal graft procurement in controlled asystole donors, which is a safe and useful method to expand the donor pool.
