A new treatment strategy for advanced idiopathic interstitial pneumonia - Living-donor lobar lung transplantation
A new treatment strategy for advanced idiopathic interstitial pneumonia - Living-donor lobar lung transplantation
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DOI:
10.1378/chest.128.3.1364
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发表时间:
2005-09-01
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影响因子:
9.6
通讯作者:
Shimizu, N
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Date, H;Tanimoto, Y;Shimizu, N
Background: Among patients awaiting cadaveric lung transplantation, patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (HP) have been demonstrated to have the highest mortality rate. Contraindications to cadaveric lung transplantation include current high-dose systemic corticosteroid therapy because it may, increase airway, complications and various types of infection.Study objectives: To analyze the effect of living-donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLT) for patients with advanced HP including those receiving high-dose systemic corticosteroids.Design: Retrospective analysis.Setting: Okayama University Hospital and Okayama Medical Center.Patients: We report on the first nine patients (seven female and two male; age range, 13 to 55 ;years) with advanced HP receiving LDLLT. All nine patients had a very limited life expectancy, and eight patients were dependent on systemic corticosteroid therapy, as high as 50 mWd of prednisone. LDLLT was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass using two lower lobes donated by two healthy, relatives.Results: There were no airway complications in the 18 bronchial anastomoses. There was one early death (11%) due to severe acute rejection. Eight patients (89%) are currently alive with a follow-up period of 10 to 48 months. Their vital capacity reached 2.03 +/- 0.20 L (mean +/- SEM), 71.4% of predicted at I year. All 18 donors have returned to their previous lifestyles. Excised lungs were pathologically diagnosed as usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) in six cases and fibrotic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) in three cases.Conclusions: These early follow-up data support the option of LDLLT in patients with advanced HP, including UIP and fibrotic NSIP, who would die soon otherwise. Current high-dose systemic corticosteroid therapy is not a contraindication in LDLLT.