What is the life expectancy for an adult with CF after having a double lung transplant?

Question

Generally speaking, regardless of gender, etc.

Answer 1

While the "survival rate" is 80% after one year, the quality of one's life during that year varies greatly from person to person. The fact that someone is still "alive" for statistical purposes is a lot different from someone actually being alive and productive.

Here is a great web site that pulls no punches and tells it like it is - good, bad, or otherwise. Hope this helps a little.

http://www.2ndwind.org/

Answer 2

Cystic Fibrosis the adult was lucky to have got to be an adult the double lung transplant should be ok with care for a few years without trouble.

Answer 3

I think it's greatly improved after a lung transplant. My brother in law died from CF while he was still on the transplant list. But CF causes lots of other probs like diabetes & kidney failure. Hopefully there will be cure in our lifetime.

Answer 4

Current survival rates are as high as 80 percent at 1 year
Here the website for more information
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=23012

Answer 5

I could not find anything specific, except that survival rates for one year are about 75%. here are some links

Cystic Fibrosis
http://www.reachingoutfoundation.org/lungtransplantation.htm
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch053/ch053a.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_95420.html
http://patientrecruitment.nhlbi.nih.gov/cysticfibrosis.aspx (clinical research study)
http://www.pslgroup.com/CF.HTM (doctor’s link list)
http://www.cff.org/treatments/LungTransplantation/

Answer 6

dont no