The Association Between Lung Recipient Travel Distance and Posttransplant Survival

Introduction: Recipient travel distance may be an unrecognized burden in lung transplantation. Design: Retrospective single-center cohort study of all adult (≥18 years) first-time lung-only transplants from January 1, 2010, until February 28, 2017. Recipient distance to transplant center was calcula...

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Veröffentlicht in:Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) Calif.), 2018-09, Vol.28 (3), p.231-235
Hauptverfasser: Tsuang, Wayne M., Lin, Songhua, Valapour, Maryam, Udeh, Belinda L., Budev, Marie, Schold, Jesse D.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Recipient travel distance may be an unrecognized burden in lung transplantation. Design: Retrospective single-center cohort study of all adult (≥18 years) first-time lung-only transplants from January 1, 2010, until February 28, 2017. Recipient distance to transplant center was calculated using the linear distance from the recipient’s home zip code to the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Results: 569 recipients met inclusion criteria. Posttransplant graft survival was 85%, 88%, 91%, and 91% at 1 year and 49%, 52%, 57%, and 56% at 5 years posttransplant for recipient travel distances of ≤50, >50 to ≤250, >250 to ≤500, and >500 miles, respectively (P = .10). Discussion: We found no significant relationship between recipient travel distance and posttransplant graft survival. In carefully selected recipients, travel distance is not a significant barrier to successful posttransplant outcomes which may be important for patient decision-making and donor allocation policy. These data should be validated in a national cohort.
ISSN:1526-9248
2164-6708
DOI:10.1177/1526924818781570