SHOULD CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS BE PRIORITIZED FOR LUNG TRANSPLANTATION?
C. Piwkowski2, D. Van Raemdonck1, L. Dupont1, G.M. Verleden1, K. De Boeck1, W. Coosemans1, G. Decker1, P. De Leyn1, P. Nafteux1, T. Lerut1 1Leuven University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium; 2AM University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland Objective: Lung allocation in Eurotransplant is currently based on waiting time and urgency but does not consider probability of post-transplant survival. We report our institutional experience with lung transplantation (LTx) in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients comparing long-term outcome with non-CF double-lung recipients. Methods: Of 361 transplants (355 patients) between 1991 and 2006, 50 were performed in 49 (13.8%) CF patients (1 SLTx and 49 SSLTx including 1 liver-LTx, 2 lobar-LTx, and 1 redo-LTx) with mean age of 27.2±9.1 years and BMI of 18±2. Seven patients had previous thoracic procedures (pneumonectomyone, lobectomy-two, pleurodesis-six). Results: Bilateral anterior thoracotomies, clamshell incision or sequential postero-lateral thoracotomies we
