Survival after living-donor lobar lung transplantation has been reported to be similar to that after cadaveric lung transplantation. The purpose of this study was to summarize our 5-year experience of living-donor lobar lung transplantation for critically ill patients.
Departments of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan. hdate@nigeka2.hospital.okayama-u.ac.jp