title: Double- and single-lung transplantation: an analysis of twenty years of OPTN/UNOS registry data.
abstract: 1. Within the past 2 decades, the annual number of lung transplants, especially double-lung transplants, has steadily increased every year and exceeded 1,400 in the last 2 years. 2. Overall 1-, 5-, and 10-year graft survival rates for double-lung transplant recipients were 79.5%, 50.6%, and 30.4% respectively; those for left-lung transplant recipients were 76.0%, 41.8%, and 17.1%; and for right-lung transplant recipients were 78.3%, 44.8%, and 19.2%. 3. The improvement in long-term graft survival in the most recent transplant era was mainly due to improved one-year survival, more precisely, due to the increased early outcome within the first 2-3 months after transplantation. 4. A negative association between HLA mismatch and graft survival is statistically significant in both double and left-lung transplants. 5. Female COPD and ATD single-lung recipients had high long-term graft survival when they received right-lung transplants. While for male single-lung recipients, CF patients had better graft survival when they received left lung transplants; but PPH patients had higher graft survival when receiving right-lung transplants. This association between recipient gender and/or different original diseases and graft survival requires further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Terasaki Foundation Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Junchao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014850:Waiting Lists