Lung Transplantation After Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Early Outcomes From a US National Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to examine early lung transplant outcomes following EVLP using a large national transplant registry.

Summary of background data

Lung transplantation in the United States continues to be constrained by a limited supply of donor organs. EVLP has the potential to significantly increase the available pool of donor lung allografts through the reconditioning of "marginal" organs.

Methods

The united network for organ sharing registry was queried for all adults (age ≥18) who underwent first-time lung transplantation between March 2018 (when united network for organ sharing began collecting confirmed donor EVLP status) and June 2019. Transplants were stratified by EVLP use. The primary outcome was short-term survival and secondary outc

SUBMITTER: Jawitz OK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9550264 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature