Citak, Sevinc https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9983-3330
Saribas, Ertan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0474-9118
Halis, Ayse Nigar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0876-2865
Alkilic, Fatma Feyza https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5423-1941
Cardak, Murat Ersin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3205-4057
Vayvada, Mustafa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3204-7498
Tasci, Ahmet Erdal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9463-7878
Article History
Received: 9 August 2024
Accepted: 19 September 2024
First Online: 2 October 2024
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Ethical Committee of Clinical Research of Kartal Kosuyolu High Specialization Education & Research Hospital (No: 2024/13/870). This study was conducted according to the Helsinki principles, patients signed informed consent for participation, and nothing invasive of patients’ privacy was done. The study was a human organ/tissue transplant study, as it involved lung transplantation for patients with interstitial lung diseases other than IPF. We confirm that organs/tissues were not taken from prisoners. Each organ/tissue was taken from volunteer donors. And when these donors became brain dead, Written informed consent was also obtained from their first-degree relatives. And also, written informed consent was obtained for publication of this original article and all accompanying images from all patients who underwent transplantation and from whom that tissue/organ was taken.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.