title: Native lung-sparing lobar transplantation for pulmonary emphysema.
abstract: The living-donor lobar lung transplantation procedure has been developed clinically as an alternative approach for patients considered too ill to await cadaveric transplantation. With this procedure, 2 lobes are implanted in the recipient in place of whole right and left lungs, respectively. However, the shortage of graft volume can be a problem when compared with full-sized cadaveric grafts. In an attempt to solve this problem, we have developed a native lobe-preserving lobar transplant technique using a large animal model. We report a first successful case of a patient undergoing native lobe-preserving lobar lung transplantation for severe pulmonary emphysema.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy, Okayama, Japan. myamane@pc5.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: Masaomi
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authors.lastname: Yamane
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