Single-lung transplantation in emphysema: Retrospective study analyzing survival and waiting list mortality

Figure 1 Results of patient undergoing volume reduction surgery by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. A: CT before surgery (CT2); B: CT after surgery (CT3); C: Spirometric values recovered after surgery. CT: Computed tomography; VATS: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Figure 2 Survival curves of emphysema patients transplanted with 1 or 2 lungs (single-center series), transplants performed between 2000 and 2012.

Figure 3 Time on lung transplantation waiting list according to final status. Patients diagnosed with COPD, emphysema or α1-antitrypsin deficiency. National Registry of Donation and Transplantation, Spain 1999-2012. Log rank test used for survival curves comparison. COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Figure 4 Post-lung transplantation survival of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema or α1-antitrypsin deficiency. Data from the Spanish Lung Transplant Registry, transplants performed between 2001 and 2012.

Figure 5 Median time on waiting list in our hospital (Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña) and other Spanish hospitals performing lung transplantation. (Spanish national data; OTHER) in the context of the percentage of single-lung transplants (SL) performed from 2003 to 2010. Preference for SL reduces the median number of days on the waiting list. CHUAC: Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña.