ArticleSurgery today2024
Effect of revised organ transplant law in Japan on lung transplantation.
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- Clinical impact of the prognostic nutritional index at listing and immediately before surgery in lung transplantation.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Significance of geriatric nutritional risk index in predicting lung-transplant waiting list mortality of patients with interstitial lung disease regardless of percentage forced vital capacity.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2026Article
- Impact of flat chest on waitlist mortality in adult patients with pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis listed for lung transplantation.JHLT open · 2026Article
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- Musculo-Immuno-Nutritional Score as a Prognostic Marker in Patients with Interstitial Pneumonia Awaiting Lung Transplantation.Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate how revision of the organ transplant law in Japan affected lung transplantation in this country.
methodsLung transplant candidates registered between January, 2000 and December, 2009 were designated as the pre-revision group (n = 396) and those registered between January, 2011 and December, 2020, as the post-revision group (n = 1326). Both groups were analyzed retrospectively using data collected by the Japanese Society of Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation.
resultsThe number of patients who underwent brain-dead donor lung transplantation (BDLT) increased significantly after the law amendment (32.2 vs. 13.8%, p < 0.01). The median waiting time for BDLT was significantly reduced (708 days vs. 1163 days, p < 0.01) and the mortality rate while waiting for BDLT improved significantly after the law amendment (33.1 vs. 42.6%, p < 0.01). In the post-revision group, 18 pediatric patients underwent BDLT. The 5-year survival rates after BDLT were comparable between the groups (73.5% in the pre-revision group vs. 73.2% in the post-revision group, p = 0.32).
conclusionsThe organ transplant law revision shortened the waiting time for BDLT significantly and decreased the mortality rate while waiting for BDLT. The posttransplant outcomes in Japan remained favorable throughout the study period.
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