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Upper midline laparotomy in the presence of pulmonary failure is often complicated by a prolonged period of mechanical ventilation postoperatively. We report the successfull performance of laparoscopic fundoplication, without ventilatory suport, in a woman with end stage pulmonary disease and resting hypercarbia, one month prior to lung transplantation.
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Tsai, P., Peters, J., Johnson, W. et al. Laparoscopic fundoplication 1 month prior to lung transplantation. Surg Endosc 10, 668–670 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00188526
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