Lung Transplant Outcomes

At a Glance

  • First transplant: 10/20/94
  • Transplants performed in 2023: 30
  • Total number of program transplants through 2023: 437
  • Received Medicare approval: 2/1/1999

Outcomes

  • Median time to transplant<: 7.4 months
  • Pre-transplant mortality~ = .157 (expected .224, national .159)

Patient survival for lung transplant*:

  • Henry Ford one-year patient survival rate: 91.56%
  • Henry Ford one-year expected patient survival rate^: 86.95%
  • Henry Ford three-year patient survival rate: 78.10%
  • Henry Ford three-year expected patient survival rate^: 67.29%

Graft survival for lung transplant+

  • Henry Ford one-year graft survival rate: 89.61%
  • Henry Ford one-year expected graft survival rate^: 86.35%
  • Henry Ford three-year graft survival rate: 76.28%
  • Henry Ford three-year expected graft survival rate^: 65.53%

~ Patients on the waitlist between 01/01/2022 and 12/31/2023
*Estimated probability of surviving at one year, for patients receiving their first transplant 01/01/2021 – 6/30/2023; and at three years, for patients receiving their first transplant between 07/01/2018 – 3/12/2020 and 6/13/2020- 12/31/2020.
^ Adjusted for patient and donor characteristics
+ Estimated probability of surviving with a functioning graft at one year, for patients receiving their first transplant between 01/01/2021 – 6/30/2023; and at three years, for patients receiving their first transplant between 07/01/2018 – 3/12/2020 and 6/13/2020- 12/31/2020.

Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Center and OPO-specific Reports, based on data available April 30, 2024, released July 9, 2024.


Milestones in Lung Transplantation

Several “firsts” were performed at Henry Ford Hospital:

  • Detroit’s first lung transplant performed at Henry Ford Hospital (1994)
  • First in Michigan to use donation after cardiac death for lung transplant (2007)
  • First in Michigan to perform a lung-liver transplant (2013)
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