title: [Unilateral lung transplantation--a new perspective in the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis].
abstract: In patients with pulmonary fibrosis and progressive respiratory failure despite conservative treatment, unilateral lung transplantation offers a new therapeutic alternative. At the Medical School in Hannover, five patients--the first to be thus treated in Central Europe--with terminal pulmonary fibrosis of the lung have so far been successfully treated with unilateral lung transplantation. All five patients are still alive, and all experienced a marked improvement in their pulmonary function parameters, such that they have been enabled to lead a normal life again.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Pneumologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schäfers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haverich
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Höper
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wahlers
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Heublein
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fabel
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Borst
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents
vernacular_title: Die einseitige Lungentransplantation--eine neue Perspektive in der Behandlung der Lungenfibrose.