[Survival and impact of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation at the Academic Hospital Groningen, 1990/'98] (original) (raw)

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 1999

Abstract

To describe the results of the lung transplantation programme in Groningen in relation to the bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), in the first 118 consecutive patients. Retrospective. Data were collected on the 118 patients subjected to lung transplantation in November 1990 to June 1998 in the University Hospital Groningen, the Netherlands, regarding the prevalence of chronic transplant dysfunction (BOS) and survival. 117 lung transplantations (95 bilateral lung transplantations including 2 retransplants, and 22 single lung transplantations) and 1 heart-lung transplantation had been performed. The patients were 70 males and 48 females with a mean age of 42 years (range: 9-64). The mean (SD) survival at 1, 2, 3 and 5 years post transplantation was 83% (3), 70% (4), 66% (5) and 61% (5) respectively. The median survival amounted to 2447 days. The mean (SD) prevalence of BOS at respectively 1, 2, 3 and 5 years post transplantation was 32% (5), 36% (5), 44% (5) en 54% (6). After a d...

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