• Anton Sabashnikov, Nikhil P Patil, Prashant N Mohite, Diana García Sáez, Bartlomiej Zych, Aron-Frederik Popov, Alexander Weymann, Thorsten Wahlers, Fabio De Robertis, Toufan Bahrami, Mohamed Amrani, and André R Simon.
• Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Harefield Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: a.sabashnikov@rbht.nhs.uk.
• Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2014 Mar 1; 97 (3): 1015-21.

BackgroundLung transplantation (LTx) is significantly limited by donor organ shortage. Donor smoking history of more than 20 pack-years is considered an extended donor criterion. In this study, we retrospectively evaluated impact of donor smoking history and extent of smoking on midterm outcome after LTx.MethodsIn all, 237 LTx were performed in our institution between 2007 and 2012. Patients were divided into three groups, receiving lungs from 53% nonsmoking donors, 29% smoking donors with fewer than 20 pack-years, and 18% heavy smokers with more than 20 pack-years.ResultsPreoperative donor and recipient characteristics among the groups were comparable. However, donors from the heavy smokers group were significantly older (p < 0.001). The overall presence of abnormal histology (inflammation or metaplasia) in donor main bronchi samples increased with the extent of smoking but did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.211). Although metaplasia was found in significantly more donors from the heavy smokers group (p = 0.037), this did not translate into inferior outcomes for the recipients. There were no statistically significant differences in PaO2/FiO2 ratio after LTx, duration of mechanical ventilation (p = 0.136), intensive care unit stay (p = 0.133), and total postoperative hospital stay (p = 0.322). One-year and three-year survival were comparable across all three groups (log rank p = 0.151). Prevalence of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (p = 0.616), as well as bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome free survival (p = 0.898) after LTx were also comparable.ConclusionsIn our experience, history and extent of donor smoking do not significantly affect early and midterm outcomes after LTx. Although this finding does not obviate the need for longer-term observation, donor lungs from even heavy smokers may not per se contraindicate LTx and may provide a valuable avenue for expanding donor organ availability.Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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