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Survival Rates For Lung Transplant Patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

A successful lung transplant depends on:

  • Properly evaluating the person receiving the donated lung

  • Properly matching the lung donor to the person receiving the lung to assure compatibility between them

  • Expertise in the surgical procedures needed to remove the failing lung and replace it with a donated lung

  • Ongoing monitoring after a lung transplant to prevent rejection of the donated lung or infections.
To measure the quality of care provided to lung transplant patients, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center examines one-month, one-year and three-year survival rates.

The table below highlights both the numbers and percentages of lung transplant patients surviving one month, one year and three years.

In addition, survival rates for lung transplant patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are also compared to survival rates expected for lung transplant patients with similar ages and health conditions.

The data in the table below reflect patients age 12 and older. The one-month and one-year survival rates reflect patients receiving their first transplant between Jan. 1, 2006 and June 30, 2008. The three-year survival rates reflect patients receiving their first transplant between July 1, 2003 and Dec. 31, 2005.

Lung Transplant (Patients Age 12+) Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Patient Survival for: 1 Month 1 Year 3 Years
For transplants performed Jan 2006 - June 2008 Jan 2006 - June 2008 July 2003 - Dec 2005
Number of transplants* 39 39 27
Percent of patients surviving at the end of period observed** 92.31% 73.13% 59.26%
Expected, based on national experience*** 96.13% 84.06% 62.61%
Cedars-Sinai's survival rates compared to what is expected for similar patients Not significantly different Not significantly different Not significantly different

* Transplants during the time period indicated in the row above.

** Observed survival rates use the Kaplan-Meier method to estimate outcomes for patients for whom complete follow-up is not expected. Because different cohorts are followed for each time period, it is possible for the reported three-year survival to exceed one-year survival.

*** The survival rate that would be expected for the patients served by this center, given the characteristic mix of the recipient and donor (age, disease and blood type, etc.) and the experience of similar patients in the United States as a whole.