Lung Transplantation in Germany Since the Introduction of the Lung Allocation Score.

The introduction of the LAS in Germany was associated with a decrease in the number of patients on the waiting list, and also in the number of deaths among patients on the waiting list. The distribution of primary diagnoses among transplant recipients shifted away from obstructive and toward restrictive lung diseases. In the future, additional parameters of patients on the waiting list should be considered to enable further improvement of the allocation model.