title: [Current aspects of lung transplantation in eastern countries and Japan].
abstract: Approximately 1,500 lung transplantations are performed as an established treatment for progressive benign pulmonary diseases in Eastern countries. In Japan, however, lung transplantation has just started after a long dark period since the transplant law had become effective in October, 1997. Until today, 33 patients underwent lung transplantation, of whom 13 were received from brain death donors and 20 from living donors. For the patients in Kyushu, this therapeutic modality would be also expected in this district.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuyama
authors.forename: Tetsuzo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tagawa
authors.forename: Toshifumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osoegawa
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maehara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology