Table 1. Advantages and disadvantages of living-donor lobar lung transplantation.
Advantages | Disadvantages |
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Lower HLA mismatch | Lobectomy in healthy donor(s) |
Short waiting time | Difficult size matching |
Scheduled operation | Three operating rooms for three teams (recipient and two donors) |
Ideal graft with fewer injuries and infection | |
Short ischemic time |
HLA, human leukocyte antigen.