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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
Living lobar lung transplantation places two donors at risk for each recipient. We examined the perioperative outcomes associated with the 253 donor lobectomies performed at our institution during our first decade of living lobar lung transplantation. There have been no perioperative or long-term deaths. 80.2% of donors (n = 203) had no perioperative complications, while fifty (19.8%) had one or more complication. The incidence of intraoperative complications was 3.6%. Complications requiring reoperation occurred in 3.2% of donors. 15.0% of donors had other perioperative complications; the most serious were two donors who developed pulmonary artery thrombosis, while the most common was the need for an additional thoracostomy tube or a thoracostomy tube for >/=14 d for persistent air leaks and/or drainage. Right-sided donors were more likely to have a perioperative complication than left-sided donors (odd ratio 2.02, p = 0.04), probably secondary to right lower and middle lobe anatomy. This experience has shown donor lobectomy to be associated with a relatively low morbidity and no mortality, and is important if this procedure is to be considered an option at more pulmonary transplant centers, given continued organ shortages and differences in philosophical and ethical acceptance of live
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1600-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1283-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-2-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
A decade of living lobar lung transplantation: perioperative complications after 253 donor lobectomies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't