Utilization of the Liver‐First Approach in Combined Lung‐Liver Transplant Provides Comparable Outcomes to the Traditional Lung‐First Approach: A UNOS Study

Abstract

ABSTRACT Multiorgan transplantation is offered to a selected group of patients every year. The sequence in which organs are transplanted depends on ischemic time graft tolerance and the sickest organ first strategy. In the case of Lung‐Liver transplantation, lung allografts are usually implanted before the liver. There are some theoretical advantages to a liver‐first strategy and a few centers have reported a series of cases that spark a growing interest in the feasibility and potential benefits of this approach. In this contemporary study of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database, we evaluate and report outcomes using either strategy.