2011 年 18 巻 1 号 p. 127-129
Primary graft failure remains the main cause of early death after lung transplantation. Preservation conditions of donor grafts during ischemic time influences graft function after lung transplantation. This article describes current status of lung preservation for transplantation and our experiences of lung transplantation using ET-Kyoto solution developed in Kyoto University. Additionally, we present some results of our experiments for a novel preservation procedure of the lung.