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Outcomes of lung transplants utilizing donors from outside the continental United States.

Reed T Jenkins, Emily L Larson, Alice L Zhou, Jessica M Ruck, David J Farhat, Helene Rached, Al-Faraaz Kassam, Christian A Merlo, Ramon A Riojas, Errol L Bush

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Reed T JenkinsDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Emily L LarsonDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Alice L ZhouDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Jessica M RuckDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
David J FarhatDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Helene RachedDivision of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Al-Faraaz KassamDivision of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Christian A MerloDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Ramon A RiojasDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Errol L BushDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Abstract

Background: Efforts to expand the lung transplant donor pool have included re-evaluating geographic restrictions and accepting longer distances between donor and recipient centers. We evaluated the use of organs from donors outside the continental United States. Methods: Adult lung-only transplants from 2005-2022 in the United Network for Organ Sharing database were included and categorized based on donor location (mainland US vs nonmainland). Survival out to 1 and 5 years post-transplant was evaluated using time-to-event analysis and multivariable Cox regression. Results: Of 35,638 transplants, 389 (1.1%) utilized nonmainland donors. Nonmainland donors were younger (median 28 vs 33 years, Conclusions: Transplants utilizing nonmainland donors had lower-risk donor and recipient characteristics. Despite greater distances and ischemic times, these transplants had similar post-transplant survival compared to transplants using mainland donors, supporting the use of select donors from outside the mainland United States.

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donor selectionlung transplantationnonmainland donorsnonmainland lung transplantstransplant geography

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