title: Pulmonary function of individual lung lobes after complex living-donor lobar lung transplantation using inspiratory and expiratory three-dimensional computed tomographic volumetry.
abstract: A combination of inspiratory and expiratory three-dimensional computed tomographic volumetry provides useful information on pulmonary function and lung volume. We previously reported an early outcome of a patient undergoing living-donor lobar lung transplantation with sparing of the bilateral native upper lobes. Long-term follow-up on such patients had not been reported, and therefore we herein, for the first time, reported the 2-year follow-up of the previously reported case. According to the inspiratory and expiratory three-dimensional computed tomographic volumetric data, we demonstrated that transplanted lower lobe grafts had been working efficiently and spared bilateral native upper lobes had not provided any adverse effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery,  Kyoto University, Kyoto,  Japan.
authors.forename: Fengshi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujinaga
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bando
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Date
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D045853:Exhalation; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000601:surgery; D019520:Living Donors; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D036102:Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D016896:Treatment Outcome