title: [Current status of lung transplantation].
abstract: Lung transplant has started to develop clinically during the last decade being a valid alternative for a great number of pulmonary diseases. A review of the three types of transplant is presented: single lung, double lung, and heart-lung transplant. We specially point out the indications of those surgical procedures. Furthermore, we expose the attitude towards most of the post-surgery problems: post-surgical follow up, immunosuppression therapy, diagnosis and treatment of graft rejection, main opportunistic infections as well as obliterans bronchiolitis, which is the long term most important complication.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neumología, Hospital La Paz, Madrid.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: García Río
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: García Talavera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Villasante
mesh_terms: D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000209:etiology; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Situación actual del trasplante de pulmón.