First post-mortal transplantation of both lungs in Ukraine

Abstract

Lung transplantation is a method of treatment of terminal stages of chronic lung diseases accepted by all world standards, because its results can increase the duration and improve the quality of life of this cohort of patients. Despite this, this method was not available in Ukraine. However, with the recent development of the Ukrainian school of transplantology, there are opportunities for the introduction and use of this method in clinical practice. The paper presents the analysis of the first in Ukraine case of lung transplantation in the Lviv Clinical Emergency Hospital. Lung transplantation is a long process that requires multi-component treatment and supervision of qualified personnel at all stages of medical care. In the postoperative period, it is necessary to constantly monitor vital signs and indicators of laboratory and instrumental examinations in order to detect early complications. In the treatment of these patients a special role belongs to the rational appointment of antibiotics in the scheme of multicomponent therapy, in order to prevent infectious complications that may develop on the background of immunosuppression. After competent lung transplantation and subsequent postoperative treatment, patients report an improvement in general wellbeing, increased physical and mental activity, which generally contributes to improving the quality of life.