Long-term survival and clinical outcomes of delayed chest closure following lung transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Purposes

Delayed chest closure (DCC) is a widely accepted procedure in the context of lung transplantation (LTx); yet there are few reports detailing its long-term survival and clinical outcomes.

Methods

We reviewed the medical records of recipients who underwent deceased-donor lung transplantation (LTx) at Tohoku University Hospital. Long-term survival, including overall survival, freedom from chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD), and CLAD-free survival and the clinical outcomes of graft function and physical performance and constitution were reviewed in recipients with DCC.

Results

Between 2009 and 2022, 116 patients underwent LTx, 33 of whom (28.4%) required DCC. The intra-and post-operative courses of the recipients who required DCC were more complicated than

SUBMITTER: Hirama T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11413204 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature