Discussion to: Twenty-Five Years of Lung Transplantation in Medellín: Overcoming the Challenges of an Emerging Country

Dr Gita Mody (Chapel Hill, North Carolina): Twenty-Five Years of Lung Transplantation in Medellín: Overcoming the Challenges of an Emerging CountrySeminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryPreviewThe first successful lung transplant in Colombia was performed on October 28, 1997 in Medellín by Alberto Villegas Hernández at the “Clínica Cardiovascular Santa María” today called the Cardio VID Clinic. Here we present both survival outcomes and characteristics of the oldest and most experienced lung transplant program in Colombia. We conducted a retrospective study of all patients taken to lung transplantation at the Cardio VID Clinic in Medellín, Colombia from October 1997 to October 2022. Patient information from our institutional database and transplant archives were retrieved and reviewed. Full-Text PDF