Living donor lobar lung transplantation: current status and future directions. Export

@article{citeulike:698063, abstract = {Living lobar lung transplantation was developed as a procedure for adult and pediatric patients considered too ill to await cadaveric transplantation. One hundred thirty-eight living lobar transplants have been performed in 133 patients at our institution between January 1993 and September 2004. Actuarial 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival are similar to ISHLT registry data. There has been no donor mortality, and morbidity has been relatively low. Long-term postoperative pulmonary function studies demonstrate the relatively smaller-sized lobes can provide similar pulmonary function and exercise capacity to bilateral cadaveric lung transplants. Living lobar lung transplantation should be considered a viable option in patients with end-stage lung disease deemed unable to await a cadaveric organ and in those patients in which further deterioration would make cadaveric transplantation inappropriate.}, address = {Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90033, USA. mbarr@surgery.usc.edu}, author = {Barr, M. L. and Schenkel, F. A. and Bowdish, M. E. and Starnes, V. A.}, citeulike-article-id = {698063}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.09.112}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16386604}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16386604}, doi = {10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.09.112}, issn = {0041-1345}, journal = {Transplant Proc}, keywords = {live, lung}, month = {November}, number = {9}, pages = {3983--3986}, posted-at = {2006-06-16 13:12:56}, priority = {4}, title = {Living donor lobar lung transplantation: current status and future directions.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.09.112}, volume = {37}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:698063 L3 - citeulike-article-id:698063 N2 - Living lobar lung transplantation was developed as a procedure for adult and pediatric patients considered too ill to await cadaveric transplantation. One hundred thirty-eight living lobar transplants have been performed in 133 patients at our institution between January 1993 and September 2004. Actuarial 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival are similar to ISHLT registry data. There has been no donor mortality, and morbidity has been relatively low. Long-term postoperative pulmonary function studies demonstrate the relatively smaller-sized lobes can provide similar pulmonary function and exercise capacity to bilateral cadaveric lung transplants. Living lobar lung transplantation should be considered a viable option in patients with end-stage lung disease deemed unable to await a cadaveric organ and in those patients in which further deterioration would make cadaveric transplantation inappropriate. IS - 9 JF - Transplant Proc SN - 0041-1345 AD - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90033, USA. mbarr@surgery.usc.edu EP - 3986 TI - Living donor lobar lung transplantation: current status and future directions. VL - 37 SP - 3983 KW - live KW - lung AU - Barr, ML AU - Schenkel, FA AU - Bowdish, ME AU - Starnes, VA PY - 2005/11// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.09.112 ER -