Lung Transplant Volumes and Outcomes

Parents of potential organ transplant patients often ask us about the number of lung transplants we do and our transplant survival rates. We refer to these statistics as our transplant volumes and outcomes.

Volumes

See the number of transplants done here in the last five years:

2021 - 2 transplants
2020 - 3 transplants
2019 - 5 transplants
2018 - 2 transplants
2017 - 3 transplants

Outcomes

A key concept to understand is graft survival vs. patient survival. Graft survival can sometimes be different from patient survival. For example, a patient’s organ might stop functioning, but the patient survives and has another transplant. Take a look at the terms used to explain how a transplant center's results compare to others across the country:

Lung Graft Survival (0-17 years old)

CHOP’s lung graft survival rates are higher than the national average rates at 1-month, 1-year and 3-years after transplant. Because different groups of patients are followed for each time period, it is possible for 3-year survival rates to exceed 1-year survival as it does for CHOP.

CHOP

Lung Transplant Patient Survival (0-17 years old)

CHOP patient survival rates are higher than the national average rates at 1-month, 1-year and 3-years after transplant. It is possible for 3-year survival rates to exceed 1-year survival because different groups of patients are followed for each time period.

CHOP

1 month and 1 year data time period: 01/01/2018 - 03/12/2020
3 years data time period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2017
Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients

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