• 1. Lung Transplant Center of Wuxi Chest Hospital, Wuxi 214073, China2. Organ Transplantation Institute of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China;
Brain death; Donor; Lung transplant
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Objective　 To summarize the clinical experience of harvesting the lung of a brain death donor by international standardized methods, so as to establ ish a set of standards and regulations appl icable for harvesting the lung of brain-death donors in China.
Methods　 The operation was performed on 1 brain-death donor who had endured 50 hours of mechanical ventilation. The donor was assessed by donor lung function test and international brain death standard. Then the organ was perfused and trimmed ready for lung transplantation.
Results　 We succeeded in harvesting the heart, lung, liver, kidney and cornea from this brain-death voluntary donor. The harvested lung was successfully transplanted into a recipient. And the recipient recovered well after operation.
Conclusion　 The successful experience of harvesting the lung of the brain-death voluntary donor will contribute to the development and promotion of the utilization of brain-death donor suppl ies.

Citation： YE Shugao,CHEN Jingyu,LIU Feng,CHEN Zhonghua. Experience of Harvesting the Lung of a Brain-Death Donor by International Standardized Methods. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2007, 07(9): 673-676. doi: Copy