Native lung-sparing lobar transplantation for pulmonary emphysema.
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.
Yamane
Masaomi
M
Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy, Okayama, Japan. myamane@pc5.so-net.ne.jp
Okutani
Daisuke
D
Sugimoto
Seiichiro
S
Toyooka
Shinichi
S
Aoe
Motoi
M
Okazaki
Megumi
M
Sano
Yoshifumi
Y
Date
Hiroshi
H