Living-donor lobar lung transplantation with sparing of bilateral native upper lobes: a novel strategy

Takuji Fujinaga; Toru Bando; Daisuke Nakajima; Jin Sakamoto; Fengshi Chen; Tsuyoshi Shoji; Hiroaki Sakai; Hisanari Ishii; Senri Miwa; Hiroshi Date

doi:10.1016/j.healun.2010.10.006

Living-donor lobar lung transplantation with sparing of bilateral native upper lobes: a novel strategy

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 Mar;30(3):351-3. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.10.006. Epub 2010 Dec 4.

Authors

Takuji Fujinaga¹, Toru Bando, Daisuke Nakajima, Jin Sakamoto, Fengshi Chen, Tsuyoshi Shoji, Hiroaki Sakai, Hisanari Ishii, Senri Miwa, Hiroshi Date

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 21131214
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.10.006

Abstract

A 44-year-old man became wheelchair-bound due to sever bronchiolitis obliterans caused by peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia. His lung donors, his sister and his wife, were 17 cm shorter than him. He successfully underwent living-donor lobar lung transplantation with sparing of the bilateral native upper lobes to address the size mismatch. Ten months after the transplantation, the patient has returned to a normal lifestyle without supplemental oxygen.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Body Height
Body Size*
Humans
Living Donors*
Lung Transplantation / methods*
Male
Treatment Outcome