Elective Use of Intraoperative Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis Reduces Primary Graft Dysfunction After Bilateral Lung Transplantation.

Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · 2026 · PMC12961185 · PMID 41719196

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15 Nevertheless, the trend towards improved 1-year survival did not reach statistical significance, likely due to the short study periods and limited patient numbers.

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One-year graft survival in elective (88.5% vs 95.6%), non-elective (70% vs 91.7%), and no ECMO (92.7% vs 94.9%) showed a trend towards improved survival.

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