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Chapter 15 - Living donor lobar lung transplantation

from Section 3 - Lung

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2011

Andrew A. Klein
Affiliation:
Papworth Hospital NHS Trust
Clive J. Lewis
Affiliation:
Papworth Hospital NHS Trust
Joren C. Madsen
Affiliation:
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Summary

Bilateral living donor lung transplantation in which two healthy donors donate their right or left lower lobes is an alternative to cadaveric transplantation. The most common procedure involves a right lower lobectomy from a larger donor and a left lower lobectomy from a smaller donor. Potential donors should be competent, willing to donate free of coercion, medically and psychosocially suitable, and fully informed of risks, benefits, and alternative treatment available to the recipient. All recipients should fulfill the criteria for conventional cadaveric transplantation. Due to possible serious complications in the donor lobectomy, living donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLT) should be reserved for critically ill patients who are unlikely to survive the long wait for cadaveric lungs. Postoperative immunosuppression usually consists of triple-drug therapy with cyclosporine (CyA), azathioprine (AZA) and corticosteroids without induction. LDLLT may be associated with a lower incidence of Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), especially in pediatric patients.
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Organ Transplantation
A Clinical Guide
, pp. 128 - 132
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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