title: Lung retransplantation.
abstract: Lung retransplantation comprises a small proportion of lung transplants performed throughout the world, but has become more frequent in recent years. The selection criteria for lung retransplantation are similar to those for initial lung transplant. Survival after lung retransplantation has improved over time, but still lags behind that of initial lung transplantation. These differences in outcome may be attributable to medical comorbidities. Lung retransplantation appears to be ethically justified; however, the optimal approach to lung allocation for retransplantation needs to be defined.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, and the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. kawut@upenn.edu
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kawut
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018579:Patient Selection; D012086:Reoperation / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome