Methods
The clinical notes of patients with history of allogenic HSCT and a
diagnosis pulmonary graft-versus-host disease (pGvHD) who underwent
surgical procedures for recurrent TALS from January 2016 until March
2021 were retrospectively reviewed. In all the patients, the diagnosis
of pGvHD was made according to the National Institutes of Health
Criteria 11.
Clinical data, radiologic images, pulmonary function tests, number of
episodes of thoracic air leak, surgical procedures and outcome were
analyzed.
The study was approved for publication by the Internal Review Board
(internal protocol n RAP-2023-002).