The international status of lung transplantation.
Lung transplantation has continued to increase yearly, but is now beginning to plateau possibly due to the stagnant donor pool. Emphysema/COPD continues to be the leading transplant diagnosis and infection, rejection and BO are the leading causes of recipient deaths. Actuarial survival statistics show that bilateral transplants have a slightly higher survival rate than single lung transplants with the difference widening the further out from transplantation one gets. The 6-year survival rate for all lung transplants was 40%.
Pohl
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Thoracic/Cardio Surgery, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Cooper
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007390:International Agencies; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors