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Front. Transplant.
Sec. Thoracic Transplantation
Volume 3 - 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/frtra.2024.1347603
Experience of a novel lung transplant program in Mexico
Provisionally accepted
Patricia Rodríguez De La Garza
Mariana Nayeli Zavala Gómez
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Uriel Chavarría Martínez
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Adrián Camacho Ortiz
Manuel Wong Jaen
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Lilia Maria Rizo Topete
Alicia Estela López Romo
Vicente Fuentes Puga
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Sergio Saúl Sánchez Salazar
*- Christus Muguerza Hospital Alta Especialidad, Monterrey, Mexico
Lung transplantation stands as the gold standard therapy for patients in the end-stages of pulmonary disease. However, in numerous countries, candidates for lung transplant often die on the waiting list due to a shortage of donors and limited access to transplant centers. This article will delve into our hospital, Christus Muguerza's in Monterrey, Mexico, experience as the sole active lung transplant program in the country, having conducted 35 transplants from August 2017 to March 2023. We discuss the actual situation of lung transplantation in Mexico and the challenges we have faced over time, such as late patient referrals for evaluation and eventual transplantation. Additionally, we outline the challenges we anticipate as more transplant programs emerge in the country.
Keywords: Lung, allocation, score, transplant, Mexico
Received: 01 Dec 2023; Accepted: 24 Jun 2024.
Copyright: © 2024 Rodríguez De La Garza, Zavala Gómez, Chavarría Martínez, Camacho Ortiz, Wong Jaen, Rizo Topete, López Romo, Fuentes Puga and Sánchez Salazar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Mariana Nayeli Zavala Gómez, Christus Muguerza Hospital Alta Especialidad, Monterrey, Mexico
Uriel Chavarría Martínez, Christus Muguerza Hospital Alta Especialidad, Monterrey, Mexico
Manuel Wong Jaen, Christus Muguerza Hospital Alta Especialidad, Monterrey, Mexico
Vicente Fuentes Puga, Christus Muguerza Hospital Alta Especialidad, Monterrey, Mexico
Sergio Saúl Sánchez Salazar, Christus Muguerza Hospital Alta Especialidad, Monterrey, Mexico
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