title: Surgical technique of lower lobe lung transplantation.
abstract: Among patients with end-stage lung disease awaiting lung transplantation, pediatric and small adult patients have a significantly lower chance of getting size-matched pulmonary grafts in time because of the severe scarcity of small donors. It is our strategy to perform lobar lung transplantations in small recipients with restrictive pulmonary disease once their clinical status demands urgent transplantation. Here we describe our surgical technique and discuss the benefits and risks of this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. t.deuse@uke.de
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Deuse
authors.forename: Bjoern
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sill
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: von Samson
authors.forename: Yalin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kugler
authors.forename: Maike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oldigs
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Klose
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meierling
authors.forename: Klaus F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Rabe
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reichenspurner
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D000886:Anthropometry; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000601:surgery*; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D009929:Organ Size; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods; D014109:Total Lung Capacity / Q000502:physiology