Lung transplantation in the United States, under oversight by the Organ Procurement
Transplantation Network (OPTN) in the 1990s, operated under a system of allocation based …

Purpose We investigated the characteristics of lung allocation and outcomes of lung
transplant (LTx) according to the Korean urgency status. Materials and Methods LTx …

Since the first transplantation performed in 1963, lung transplantation (LT) has become the
primary treatment for end-stage lung disease. In Korea, the first LT was performed in 1996 …

Purpose Due to the shortage of lung donors relative to the number of patients waiting for
lung transplantation (LTx), more than one-third of patients on the waitlist have died without …

Background There is currently a lack of data on the impact of the recent revision of the
domestic lung allocation system on transplant performance. Methods We conducted a …

肺移植是终末期肺病唯一有效的治疗手段, 然而世界范围内供肺紧缺的问题日益突出,
许多患者在等待移植的过程中死亡. 紧急肺移植是一种根据患者疾病紧急程度进行优先移植的肺 …

Lung transplantation is the gold standard therapy for patients in the end stages of pulmonary
disease. However, in numerous countries, candidates for lung transplants often die on the …