The First Living-Donor Lobar Lung Transplantation in Korea: a Case Report

Lung transplantation is the only treatment for end-stage lung disease, but the problem of donor shortage is unresolved issue. Herein, we report the first case of living-donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLT) in Korea. A 19-year-old woman patient with idiopathic pulmonary artery hypertension receiv...

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Autores principales: Choi, Sehoon, Park, Seung-Il, Lee, Geun Dong, Kim, Hyeong Ryul, Kim, Dong Kwan, Jung, Sung-Ho, Yun, Tae-Jin, Kim, In Ok, Choi, Dae-Kee, Choi, In-Cheol, Song, Jong-Min, Hong, Sang-Bum, Shim, Tae Sun, Jo, Kyung-Wook, Lee, Sang-Oh, Do, Kyung-Hyun, Chae, Eun Jin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6193886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30344465
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e282
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Sumario:Lung transplantation is the only treatment for end-stage lung disease, but the problem of donor shortage is unresolved issue. Herein, we report the first case of living-donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLT) in Korea. A 19-year-old woman patient with idiopathic pulmonary artery hypertension received her father's right lower lobe and her mother's left lower lobe after pneumonectomy of both lungs in 2017. The patient has recovered well and is enjoying normal social activity. We think that LDLLT could be an alternative approach to deceased donor lung transplantation to overcome the shortage of lung donors.

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