Is There an Age Limit to Lung Transplantation

摘要: Background Lung transplantation in patients older than 65 years is increasingly common, but questions remain regarding risk vs benefit and procedure choice. We identified short-term long-term outcomes single-lung transplant (SLT) bilateral-lung (BLT) recipients. Methods performed a retrospective review of United Network for Organ Sharing data who underwent lung between May 2005 December 2012. Patients were grouped by age, we calculated survival rates compared distributions. Results Of the 11,776 received transplants, 9,317 (79%) aged 12 to 64 years, 1,902 (16%) 69, 486 (4%) 70 74, 71 (1%) 75 79. Short-term was similar across all age groups types except those 79, had lower BLT. Those higher 5-year SLT BLT other (p Conclusions can be offered select up 74 with acceptable outcomes. may preferred elderly patients, offers without significant risk. have SLT, this group are poor.