
Chronic rejection (bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome)
The lungs have the highest rate of rejection compared to all other transplanted solid organs. Therefore, life expectancy is shorter …
BOS is a lung problem that can occur after lung transplantation and is the most common form of chronic lung transplant rejection. More than half of lung transplant recipients develop BOS within five years of transplantation. When BOS develops, a person will have a progressive loss of lung function when compared to the highest function after transplantation.

The lungs have the highest rate of rejection compared to all other transplanted solid organs. Therefore, life expectancy is shorter …

Transplant Talk in honor of BOS Education Day. You will hear from companies that are actively working on bronchiolitis obliterans …
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