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Table 2 Survival following single vs. bilateral lung transplantation among IPF patients

From: Lung transplantation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review of the literature

Data source

Yr. of transplant

No. of IPF patients

Survival (% IPF patients alive)

Median survival

1 yr.

3 yr.

5 yr.

10 yr.

ISHLT, OPTN, and Eurotransplant data

ISHLT data [12]

1990 - 2011

8,528

NR

SLT: 75 BLT: 74

SLT: 57 BLT: 63

SLT: 43 BLT: 49

SLT: 20 BLT: 35

Analysis of OPTN data (Force, et al) [51]

1987 - 2008

3,830

NR

NR

NR

SLT ~53a

SLT ~30a;

BLT: 60a

BLT: ~48a

Analysis of OPTN data (Thabut et al) [21]

1987 - 2009

3,327

SLT: 5.2 years (4.3–6.7); BLT: 3.8 years (3.6–4.1)

NR

NR

NR

NR

Analysis of OPTN data (Nwakanma, et al) [52]

1998 - 2004

429

30-day SLT: 94

SLT: 69

SLT: 52

SLT: 33

NR

BLT: 95

BLT: 72

BLT: 54

BLT: 54

Eurotransplant (Smits et al) [53]

1997 - 1999

104

NR

NR

SLT: 63

NR

NR

BLT: 47

Single center studies

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (De Oliveira, et al) [49, 50]

1993 - 2009

79

NR

SLT: 82

SLT: 65

SLT: 65

SLT: 49

BLT: 86

BLT: 55

BLT: 55

BLT: 55

Cleveland Clinic, US (Mason, et al) [48]

1990 - 2005

82

NR

SLT: 67

NR

SLT: 34

NR

BLT: 81

BLT: 55

Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia (Keating, et al) [37]

1990 - 2008

67

NR

SLT: 78

NR

SLT: 49

SLT: 29

BLT: 68

BLT: 50

BLT: 50

University of Munich, Germany (Neurohr, et al) [34]

1997 - 2008

76

SLT: 83

SLT: 70

SLT: 55

SLT: 42

NR

BLT: 93

BLT: 80

BLT: 74

BLT: 67

  1. aPercent is estimated based on graphical display of data.