Lung Transplant Outcomes

At a Glance

• First transplant: 10/20/94
• Transplants performed in 2024: 27
• Total number of program transplants through 2024: 464
• Received Medicare approval: 2/1/1999

Outcomes

• Median time to transplant<: 7.3 months
• Pre-transplant mortality~ = .135 (expected .216, national .151)

Patient survival for lung transplant*:

• Henry Ford one-year patient survival rate: 91.85%
• Henry Ford one-year expected patient survival rate^: 87.06%
• Henry Ford three-year patient survival rate: 78.42%
• Henry Ford three-year expected patient survival rate^: 68.72%

Graft survival for lung transplant+

• Henry Ford one-year graft survival rate: 90.13%
• Henry Ford one-year expected graft survival rate^: 85.62%
• Henry Ford three-year graft survival rate: 78.22%
• Henry Ford three-year expected graft survival rate^: 66.87%

~ Patients on the waitlist between 07/01/2022 and 06/30/2024 
*Estimated probability of surviving at one year, for patients receiving their first transplant 7/01/2021 and 12/31/2023; and at three years, for patients receiving their first transplant between 1/01/2019 and 03/12/2020, and 06/13/2020 and 06/30/2021.
^ Adjusted for patient and donor characteristics
+ Estimated probability of surviving with a functioning graft at one year, for patients receiving their first transplant between 7/01/2021 and 12/31/2023; and at three years, for patients receiving their first transplant between 1/01/2019 and 03/12/2020, and 06/13/2020 and 06/30/2021.

Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Center and OPO-specific Reports, based on data available October 31, 2024, released January 7, 2025.

Milestones in Lung Transplantation

Several “firsts” were performed at Henry Ford Hospital:

• Detroit’s first lung transplant performed at Henry Ford Hospital (1994)
• First in Michigan to use donation after cardiac death for lung transplant (2007)
• First in Michigan to perform a lung-liver transplant (2013)