An analysis for selection of lung transplant recipients and common medical complication after the transplantion

[Objective] To study how to reasonably select the recipients for lung transplantation and timely assess and treat the complications after the operation, so that to decrease the death rate during and early after the operation and to raise the longterm survival rate of the recipients after the transplantation. [Methods] Reviewing and analyzing 32 cases of lung (single and bilateral) and heart-lung transplantation which were performed by our group, and we tried to find both reasonableness and defects in the selection of recipients and the assessment of the medical complications after the operation. [Results] Among the 32 recipients, 21 survived and 11 died. [Conclusion] Reasonable selection of single or bilateral 1ung transplant recipients and timely treating the medical complications after the operation are the important factors of a successful single or bilateral lung transplantation.