Background: We have developed a novel method for native upper lobe-sparing living-donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLT) to overcome a small-for-size graft in standard LDLLT with acceptable results. We hypothesized that grafts implanted with this procedure might work more efficiently than those in standard lobe transplantation.
Methods: Bilateral LDLLT was performed in 31 patients with a functional graft matching of less than 60% at our institution between August 2008 and December 2015. Of these, 22 patients were available for evaluation of pulmonary function more than 1 year later: 15 undergoing standard LDLLT with less than 60% functional matching and 7 undergoing native upper lobe-sparing LDLLT.
Results: Overall survival at 2 years was 87.5% in the lobe-sparing LDLLT patients and 79.0% in the standard LDLLT patients (p = 0.401). The median forced vital capacity size-matching levels were 50.7% ± 1.6% in the standard LDLLT and 45.2% ± 2.3% in the sparing LDLLT group (p = 0.074). The 1-year and 2-year post-operative volume ratios of inspiration to expiration were significantly different between the 2 groups, at 1.76 and 1.45 after standard LDLLT (p = 0.019) vs 2.41 and 2.23 after lobe-sparing LDLLT (p = 0.015).
Conclusions: The grafts in lobe-sparing LDLLT functioned more effectively than those in standard LDLLT. This advantage was associated with the improvement of pulmonary functions.
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