title: [Current status of lung transplantation in Japan].
abstract: Between October 1998 and May 2010, 158 lung transplants were performed in seven centers in Japan. Living-donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLT) has been performed more than cadaveric lung transplantation (CLT) because of the difficulty in obtaining brain dead donors (n = 93 versus n = 65). The indications were quite unique in Japan where idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension was the most common indication, followed by lymphangioleiomyomatosis, idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and bronchiolitis obliterans. The 5-year survival rate was 81.4% in LDLLT and 68.6% in CLT (p = 0.104), which were much better than world average.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Date
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D019520:Living Donors; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*