Table 1. Case summary of early lung transplantation in China (1979–2002).

Date	Hospital	Gender/age (years)	Indication	Type	Operation time (min)	Ischemic time (min)	Complications	Follow-up
Jan 13rd, 1979	Beijing Institute of Tuberculosis	Female/31	Tuberculosis	Single lung transplantation	345	255	Acute rejection	Resection of graft on day 7
Nov 17th, 1979	Beijing Institute of Tuberculosis	Female/22	Tuberculosis	Lobar transplantation	–	107	Acute rejection	Died of PE on day 32
Feb 23rd, 1995	Beijing Anzhen Hospital	Male/48	Pulmonary fibrosis	Single lung transplantation	–	–	Acute rejection	Survived in follow-up to 5 years
1995-1997	Beijing China-Japan Friendship Hospital	Male/48	Pulmonary fibrosis	Single lung transplantation	–	–	Acute rejection	Died on infection on day 9
		Male/56	COPD, SCC		–	–	Acute rejection	Died on infection on day 48
		Male/52	Tuberculosis		–	–	Hyperacute rejection	Died on infection on day 43
Jan 20th, 1998	Beijing Anzhen Hospital	Male/30	PAH	Bilateral lung transplantation	540	Right 245, left 415	IRI, anastomosis stenosis, tuberculosis, CMV infection	Survived in follow-up to 2 years
Sep 28th, 2002	Wuxi Lung Transplant center	Male/56	COPD, emphysema	Single lung transplantation	320	260	Acute rejection	Discharged at day 47

PE, pulmonary embolism; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; PAH, pulmonary artery hypertension.