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).