[Unilateral lung transplantation--a new perspective in the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis].
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.
Schäfers
H J
HJ
Abteilung für Pneumologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
Haverich
A
A
Wagner
T O
TO
Höper
M M
MM
Wahlers
T
T
Heublein
B
B
Fabel
H
H
Borst
H G
HG
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
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents
Die einseitige Lungentransplantation--eine neue Perspektive in der Behandlung der Lungenfibrose.