Lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Lung transplantation has been successfully employed for a variety of obstructive lung diseases. Following successful application of combined heart-lung transplantation, double lung transplant appeared to offer potential advantages but was hampered by the frequent development of donor airway complications. During the past 2 years single lung transplantation has been successfully employed with increasing frequency in the management of nonseptic obstructive lung disease. Although early results are encouraging, long-term follow-up is necessary to determine the ultimate indications for single lung, double lung, and combined heart-lung transplantation in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease.
Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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D006084:Graft Rejection; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000601:surgery*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents