title: [Current status of lung transplantation: patients, indications, techniques and outcome].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lung transplantation has evolved to a standard treatment modality for patients suffering from end-stage lung diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Accepted indications for lung transplantation include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease of the lung (COPD) and other causes of emphysema (i.e., alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency), parenchymal diseases (i.e., idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis), genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis, vascular diseases (i.e., primary pulmonary hypertension), chronic infectious diseases (i.e., bronchiectasis), as well as rare indications such as lymphangioleiomyomatosis or sarcoidosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This article reviews the current strategies in the treatment of lung transplant recipients, surgical techniques, limitations of and outcome after lung transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Programm für thorakale Organtransplantationen, Abteilung für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strüber
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haverich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome