Transplantacja płuc
Lung transplantation

Summary/Abstract: Transplantology of the chest organs (heart, lungs) faces difficult issues nowadays. On the onehand it is not possible to perform the procedure in all patients awaiting the transplantation. On the other – quality of life after the operation, particularly lung transplantation, leaves much to be desired (numerous complications and astronomical treatment cost). The current activities of the scientists and the medical practitioners are therefore directed at developing more effective, while less invasive, measures of prevention, monitoring and treatment of patients experiencing transplant rejection. The future of transplantology will be decided not so much by surgical techniques, well mastered at present, but by the ability to either overcome the long-lasting process o fallograft rejection or else to successfully modify xenotransplant genotype, lest it is recognised by the recipient’s organism as a foreign body. The successful introduction of the latter procedure would mean a significant progress in transplantology, through a marked increase in the numberof donors. It would also end the discussion on ethical and legal aspects concerning organ transplantation. Preparations for lung transplantation in Greater-Poland area are continuing since 2006. The necessary training of the surgical teams at the Thoraco- and Cardiosurgery Departments was completed and the surgical infrastructure at the No. 1 University Hospital fully prepared. Then the Ministry of Health was asked for an accreditation for the Cardiosurgery Department of the Cardio-Thoracosurgery Chair, University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, in the field of lung transplantation. After the Accreditation Commission’s inspections the relevant approval was obtained in 2009. However, the Centre has not, so far, become operational, chiefly due to the insufficient number of potential lung transplant recipients in our area.

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