Integrated cardiothoracic team approach for complex lung transplantation procedures in Japan-current status and future direction.

ABSTRACT: The first lung transplant procedure in the world was performed in 1983, while in Japan that was first accomplished in 1998. Over the following 25 years, lung transplantation has become a viable treatment option for Japanese patients with a variety of end-stage lung diseases. Seventy cadaveric-donor lung (41 single, 29 bilateral), 11 bilateral living-donor lobar lung, and three heart-lung transplants have been performed with use of an integrated cardiothoracic team approach at medical facilities associated with Osaka University. Extremely advanced clinical and surgical skill sets are required to complete a lung transplant procedure, including surgical knowledge and techniques, as well as management of cardiovascular surgery, especially in regard to mechanical circulatory support (MCS), vasc

SUBMITTER: Shintani Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10586956 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature