User:Clorts10/St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Lung Transplant Program

The Center for Thoracic Transplantation at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center's Heart & Lung Institute in Phoenix, Arizona is proud to provide a lung transplant program.

Lung transplant surgery is a viable treatment option for patients with end-stage, high risk lung diseases. Lung transplants are among the most complicated procedures. Lung transplant patients must receive lifelong care after the lung transplant operation, which includes daily medications to prevent organ rejection.

History

 * 1963 - James Hardy performed first lung transplant
 * 1976 - Cyclosporine introduced
 * 1981 - Stanford performs first heart-lung transplant
 * 1983 - Toronoto performs first single lung transplant
 * 1986 - Toronto performs first en bloc double lung transplant
 * 1989 - Procedure changed to bilateral sequential lung transplant
 * 1990 - First successful living-lobar lung donor transplant
 * 2006 - 3,262 heart-lung and 23,716 lung recipients around the world

Statistics
According to the hospital


 * Between 2007 and 2009, the transplant team evaluated more than 50 end-stage lung disease patients.
 * The average waiting time for a graft in the program is 45 days.
 * The hospital and 30-day mortality is 0 percent.
 * The one-year survival rate is 95 percent.
 * The average length of stay for a post-transplant patient is 12 days.