1. [Current aspects of lung transplantation in eastern countries and Japan].
- Author
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Yoshino I, Yamaguchi M, Fukuyama S, Tagawa T, Kameyama T, Osoegawa A, and Maehara Y
- Subjects
- Animals, Europe epidemiology, Humans, Japan, Male, Middle Aged, Tissue Donors, Tissue and Organ Procurement, United States epidemiology, Lung Transplantation ethics, Lung Transplantation legislation & jurisprudence, Lung Transplantation statistics & numerical data, Lung Transplantation trends
- Abstract
Approximately 1,500 lung transplantations are performed as an established treatment for progressive benign pulmonary diseases in Eastern countries. In Japan, however, lung transplantation has just started after a long dark period since the transplant law had become effective in October, 1997. Until today, 33 patients underwent lung transplantation, of whom 13 were received from brain death donors and 20 from living donors. For the patients in Kyushu, this therapeutic modality would be also expected in this district.
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- 2003