2019 年 54 巻 4-5 号 p. 185-188
Under the current situation where the number of surgeons is expected to continue decreasing, the activities of women surgeons are indispensable for transplantation medicine. However, it is difficult for women being pregnant or parenting small children to take part in brain-dead-donor lung transplantation. Other women doctors also feel physical handicaps when carrying heavy equipment for donor surgery. The weight reduction of equipment and local procurement should be mentioned as future issues.