Open AccessFavorable Outcome of Lung Transplantation for Severe Pulmonary Graft Versus Host Disease: An Australian Multicenter Case Series
Author(s) -
David Kliman,
Sakhee Kotecha,
David Abelson,
Gregory I Snell,
Allan R. Glanville,
D. F. David
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002693
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , surgery , lung transplantation , population , lung , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , graft versus host disease , complication , environmental health
Severe pulmonary chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD) is a life-threatening complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Few treatments influence outcome, with 5-year overall survival as low as 13%. Lung transplantation (LTx) has been reported in small numbers of patients worldwide.