A single-center experience of 1500 lung transplant patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Over the past 30 years, lung transplantation has emerged as the definitive treatment for end-stage lung disease. In 2005, the lung allocation score (LAS) was introduced to allocate organs according to disease severity. The number of transplants performed annually in the United States continues to increase as centers have become more comfortable expanding donor and recipient criteria and have become more facile with the perioperative and long-term management of these patients. We report a single-center experience with lung transplants, looking at patients before and after the introduction of LAS.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed 1500 adult lung transplants at a single center performed between 1988 and 2016. Patients were separated into 2 groups, before and after

SUBMITTER: Balsara KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6939473 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature