Masayuki Chida, Takashi Inoue, Takahiro Nakajima, Yoshinori Okada, Hisashi Oishi, Jun Nakajima, Masaaki Sato, Ichiro Yoshino, Hidemi Suzuki, Daisuke Nakajima, Yasushi Shintani, Takashi Kanou, Shinichi Toyooka, Kentaroh Miyoshi, Takeshi Shiraishi, Toshihiko Sato, Keitaro Matsumoto, Takeshi Nagayasu, Yasushi Hoshikawa, Yasushi Matsuda, Sumiko Maeda, Hiroshi Date
BACKGROUND: Despite the low number of lung transplantations (LTs) in Japan, 10 LT facilities are accredited and good outcomes have been reported. A database review was conducted to clarify the impact of case volume at LT facilities in Japan on short- and long-term outcomes. METHODS: All cadaveric LT cases treated between 2000 and 2021 in Japan were analyzed using the database of the Japanese Society of Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation (JSLHT). The nine institutions represented were categorized into the low-volume (LV; <80 cumulative LT cases, <8 LTs/year, n=5) and high-volume (HV; ≥80 cumulative LT cases, ≥8 LTs/year, n=4) centers...
February 29, 2024: Journal of Thoracic Disease