Porcine pulmonary auto-transplantation for ex vivo therapy as a model for new treatment strategies

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OBJECTIVES Lung auto-transplantation is the surgical key step in experiments involving ex vivo therapy of severe or end-stage lung diseases. Ex vivo therapy has become a clinical reality because of systems such as the Organ Care System (OCS) Lung, which is the only commercially available portable lung perfusion system. However, survival experiments involving porcine lung auto-transplantation pose special surgical and anaesthesiological challenges. This current study was designed to describe the development of surgical techniques and aneasthesiological management strategies that facilitate lung auto-transplantation survival surgery including a follow-up period of 4 days. METHODS Left pneumonectomy was performed in 12 Mini-Lewe miniature pigs. After ex vivo treatment of the harvested lungs within the OCS Lung for 2 h, the lungs were retransplanted into the same animal (auto-transplantation). Four animals were used to develop the optimal techniques and establish an experimental protocol. According to the final protocol, eight additional animals were operated. The follow-up period was 4 days. RESULTS There were four severe intraoperative surgical complications [anatomical variant of the superior vena cava (two times), a complication related to the bronchial anastomosis and a complication related to the pulmonary arterial anastomosis]. The major postoperative problems were hyperkalaemia, prolonged recovery from anaesthesia and pulmonary oedema after reperfusion. Establishment of the surgical technique showed that using a pericardial tube to facilitate the anastomosis of the thin left superior pulmonary vein should be considered to prevent thrombosis. However, routine use of the patch technique to construct venous and arterial anastomoses is not necessary. Furthermore, traction on the venous anastomoses can be avoided by performing the bronchial anastomosis first. CONCLUSIONS Lung auto-transplantation is a feasible experimental model for ex vivo therapy of lung diseases and is applicable for experimental questions concerning human lung transplantation.

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Krüger, M., Zinne, N., Biancosino, C., Höffler, K., Rajab, T. K., Waldmann, K. H., … Hoeltig, D. (2016). Porcine pulmonary auto-transplantation for ex vivo therapy as a model for new treatment strategies. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 23(3), 358–366. https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw160

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