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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-7
pubmed:abstractText
Since 1993 a total of 101 living-donor bilateral lung transplants have been performed with acceptable results when compared with those utilizing cadaveric lung grafts. Though most recipients were patients with cystic fibrosis who were rapidly deteriorating, the indications for live-donor lung transplantation have been expanded to include some cystic fibrosis patients in a more elective setting, as well as select patients with other end-stage pulmonary diseases. One-year Kaplan-Meler recipient survival is 72%. Seventy-six percent of deaths occur within the first 2 months after transplantation. The most common cause of death is infection, which accounts for 62% of the 1-year mortality rate. The incidence of rejection is 0.8 episodes per patient. Thirty percent of rejection episodes are unilateral, and most tend to be mild. Altogether, 203 patients have undergone donor lobectomy, with a mean age of 37 +/- 12 years (range 18-56 years). Operations included left lower lobectomy (102 patents), right lower lobectomy (97 patients), and right middle and lower lobectomy (4 patients). There has been no donor mortality. Postoperative Rand 36 Question Quality of Life scores, rating physical function, social functioning, and role limitation due to physical and emotional health, are well over 92 (of a possible score of 100). Eighty-five percent of donors said that their health was no different or improved since donation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0364-2313
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
244-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Living donor lung transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, USC Healthcare Consultation Center, 1510 San Pablo Street, No. 415, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA. rcohen@hsc.usc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article