title: Pulmonary Arterioplasty With End-to-End Anastomosis of the Lingular Branch to the Interlobar Pulmonary Artery in Living-Donor Lobectomy.
abstract: In living-donor lobar lung transplantation, donor lobectomies must be performed carefully both for donors and recipients. In some cases pulmonary arterioplasty is required for preserving branches of pulmonary artery. This report describes a successful case of pulmonary arterioplasty with end-to-end anastomosis of the interlobar artery and the lingular branch in living-donor lobectomy. Because the harvest of autologous pericardium can be avoided both in donor and recipient surgical procedures by using this technique, living-donor lobar lung transplantation can be performed more safely and simply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidenao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kayawake
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Toyofumi F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Chen-Yoshikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Electronic address: hdate@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Date
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D019520:Living Donors; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D061214:Patient Safety; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*