Topics in Thoracic Surgery: Lung Transplantation

Jerrod Keith, BA
Medical Student
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

Bittoo Kanwar, MD

Kemp Kernstine, MD, PhD
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Department of Surgery

Kelley McLaughlin, RN
Staff Nurse I
General Surgery Clinic

Jeffrey Everett, MD
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Department of Surgery

The University of Iowa

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
First Published: September 2003
Last Revised: September 2003

Table of Contents

Part I: Initial Considerations

• Introduction
• Organizations Involved in Lung Transplantation
• Recipient Selection and Indications
• Contraindications
• Indications
• Absolute Contraindications
• Relative Contraindications
• Disease Specific Guidelines
• The Organ Donor
• Lung Preservation
• The Operations
• Survival Outcomes

Part II: Immunology

• Immune Response to Foreign Grafts
• Host Responses To Allografts
• Mechanism of Graft Rejection
• Immunosuppressive Strategies
• Immunologic Tolerance
• Methods to Induce Transplantation Tolerance 

Part III: Complications Other Than Rejection

• Airway Complications
• Bacterial Infection and Pneumonia 
• Cytomegalovirus infection and pneumonitis 
• Fungi 
• Lymphoma and other Neoplasms 
• Nervous System Complications
• Abdominal Complications 
• Bone Fractures

Part IV: Special Topics

• Retransplantation
• Living Lobar Tranplantation
• Xenotransplantation
• Postoperative Care
• Quality of Life

References  

Topics in Thoracic Surgery