TY - JOUR T1 - Lung transplantation for COPD/pulmonary emphysema JF - European Respiratory Review JO - EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW DO - 10.1183/16000617.0116-2022 VL - 32 IS - 167 SP - 220116 AU - Geert M. Verleden AU - Jens Gottlieb Y1 - 2023/03/31 UR - http://err.ersjournals.com/content/32/167/220116.abstract N2 - COPD and α-1 antitrypsin deficiency emphysema remain one of the major indications for lung transplantation. If all other treatment possibilities are exhausted or not possible (including rehabilitation, oxygen therapy, noninvasive ventilation, lung volume reduction), patients may qualify for lung transplantation. Strict selection criteria are implemented with a lot of relative and absolute contraindications. Because of an ongoing donor shortage, only a minority of endstage COPD patients will finally get transplanted. The procedure may involve a single or a double lung transplantation, dependent on the experience of the centre, the waiting list, the availability of donor lungs and the patient's risk–benefit ratio. In general, the life expectancy as well as the health-related quality of life after lung transplantation for COPD are usually increased, and may be somewhat better after double compared with single lung transplantation. Several specific complications can be encountered, such as the development of solid organ cancer and chronic lung allograft dysfunction, which develops in up to 50% of patients within 5 years of their transplant and has a major impact on long-term survival, because of the current inefficient treatment modalities.Lung transplantation remains a treatment option for very selected patients with endstage COPD, including α-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and increases quality of life and survival although several complications may lead to morbidity and mortality https://bit.ly/3BlastJ ER -