Transplants and Cystic Fibrosis

The success rate of lung transplantation for CF patients is encouraging: 70% survive one or two years after transplantation and the longest surviving patients had their transplant operations over 15 years ago. Like any other major surgery, transplants carry considerable risks and a transplant is appropriate only for a patient who is severely ill and has tried all other forms of conventional treatment. To these patients, lung transplantation offers a better quality of life.

There is a shortage of donor organs available for those awaiting transplants. If more people carry donor cards, then more lives can be saved in this way.

Transplantation doesn't remove all concern - the risk of rejection or infection still remains.

Anyone considering transplantation should consult doctors or counsellors at a local CF clinic. For more information about transplantation, you can download the CF Trust's factsheet from our publications library.

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Right now more than 8,000 people in the UK need an organ transplant that could save or improve their life, but each year around 400 people die while waiting for a transplant. If you want to help someone live after your death, sign up to the register now.

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