Unilateral chronic lung allograft dysfunction is a characteristic of bilateral living-donor lobar lung transplantation†

Despite a relatively short observation time, CLAD developed in approximately one-fifth of the patients who survived more than 3 months after LDLLT. In bilateral LDLLT, CLAD developed unilaterally in most cases, which might be beneficial in the long term because the unaffected contralateral lung may function as a reservoir.