Duration of voriconazole exposure: an independent risk factor for skin cancer after lung transplantation.

Objective: To determine whether there is an association between duration of voriconazole therapy and number of nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSC) after lung transplantation.

Design: A telephone-based survey and chart review were performed for all living patients who received a lung transplant at Emory University from 1993 to 2009.

Setting: Academic medical center.

Bilateral lung transplantation offers better long-term survival, compared with single-lung transplantation, for younger patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Background: Single-lung transplantation (SLT) and bilateral lung transplantation (BLT) are both good options for patients with end-stage lung disease secondary to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. It is, however, unclear whether BLT offers any survival advantage over SLT. The purpose of our study was to evaluate a large group of patients to determine if either SLT or BLT officered a long-term survival advantage for patients with IPF.