title: The Massachusetts General Hospital experience.
abstract: This article provides an overview of lung transplantation, including a brief history of this relatively new procedure. The importance of patient selection and evaluation to the eventual outcome is presented, as well as donor and recipient criteria. A review of operative technique is followed by a discussion of a new approach to meeting the critical organ shortage, living related lobe donation. Lung transplantation continues to prove itself as a viable treatment option for patients with end-stage pulmonary disease.
authors.affiliation: Lung Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zorb
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D001900:Boston; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000639:trends; D009737:Nursing Records; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D018579:Patient Selection; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement