Living-donor lung transplantation for end-stage lung disease

Living-donor lung transplantation requires three operations: two donor lobectomies (one donor providing the right lower lobe and another, the left), and the recipient bilateral pneumonectomy and lung implant.

The recipient operation is performed through a chest incision. Procedures are performed on cardiopulmonary bypass. Once the pneumonectomies have been completed the harvested lobes are implanted sequentially.