Survival in pediatric lung transplantation: The effect of center volume and expertise

• Published in: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation Vol. 34; no. 8; pp. 1073 - 1081
• Main Authors: Khan, Muhammad S., MD, Zhang, Wei, PhD, Taylor, Rachel A., BA, Dean McKenzie, E., MD, Mallory, George B., MD, Schecter, Marc G., MD, Morales, David L.S., MD, Heinle, Jeffrey S., MD, Adachi, Iki, MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; center volume; center-type; Child; Child, Preschool; Clinical Competence; Female; Graft Survival; Hospitals, High-Volume; Hospitals, Low-Volume; Humans; Lung Diseases - mortality; Lung Diseases - surgery; lung transplantation; Lung Transplantation - statistics & numerical data; Male; outcomes; pediatrics; Retrospective Studies; risk-factor analysis; Surgery; survival analysis; Survival Rate; Tissue and Organ Procurement - organization & administration; Treatment Outcome; center volume; risk-factor analysis; survival analysis; outcomes; pediatrics; lung transplantation; center-type

Background Institutional operative volume has been shown to impact outcomes of various procedures including lung transplantation (LTx). We sought to determine whether this holds true with pediatric LTx by comparing outcomes of adult centers (with larger overall volume) to those of pediatric centers...