title: [Lung re-transplantation using lobes from living-donors].
abstract: Although the demand of organ re-transplantation has increased, the organ shortage from brain-dead donor raises an ethical controversy about the fairness of organ allocation for re-transplantation. Living donor lobar lung transplantation has become an alternative therapeutic option to brain-dead donor lung transplantation for not only pediatric but also adult patients. Lung re-transplantation using lobes from living donors have the potential to alleviate the ethical problems. This review focused on indications, surgical techniques, perioperative care and postoperative follow-up of living donor lobar lung re-transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D019520:Living Donors; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation