title: Retrieval by other procurement teams provides favorable lung transplantation outcome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  During the last 4 years, we have increasingly used lungs retrieved by other procurement teams. We therefore investigated whether the use of those lungs affected the outcome of lung transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed the results of 159 consecutive lung transplantations performed at our institution between July 1, 1992, and December 31, 1995. The transplants were divided into three groups: distant donor lungs retrieved by our team (DB group, n = 68); distant donor lungs retrieved by other teams (DX group, n = 46); and local donor lungs retrieved by our team (LB group, n = 44). One transplantation with a local donor lung retrieved by another team was excluded from the analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant differences were noted between the three groups in alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient immediately after transplantation (DB group, 359 +/- 18 mm Hg; DX group, 329 +/- 23 mm Hg; LB group, 327 +/- 20 mm Hg) and at 24 hours; days on ventilator; days in the intensive care unit; length of hospital stay; 30-day mortality; and actuarial 1-year survival (DB group, 81%; DX group, 87%; LB group, 89%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of donor lungs retrieved by other teams achieves an equivalently satisfactory outcome after lung transplantation as lungs retrieved by our team.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ochoa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Semenkovich
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Trulock
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sundaresan
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000601:surgery; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D016896:Treatment Outcome