Transplant size mismatch in restrictive lung disease

TLC in combined restrictive and obstructive lung disease.

Bilateral lobar lung transplantation and size mismatch by pTLC-ratio.

tionale for our recently proposed technique [1]. When many different procedures are described for the treatment of the same disease, it is clear that the ideal technique has not been identified yet. In our opinion, the method devised by Actis Dato et al. [2] has a valid theoretical basis and has, in their hands, proved to be safe and effective. Furthermore, the authors have such a considerable ...

Liver transplantation for massive hepatic haemangiomatosis causing restrictive lung disease.

A 34-yr-old man with hepatic haemangiomatosis presented for orthotopic liver transplantation. His massively distended abdomen caused thoracic compression and severe restrictive lung disease. Respiratory failure was the principal indication for transplantation. Increased airway pressures, pulmonary hypertension, systemic hypotension caused by aorto-caval compression, and blood loss, complicated ...

Restrictive lung disease: Low EPAP – Good ventilation. Is it real?

Dear Editor, Despite many previously published studies on noninvasive ventilation (NIV), it is still difficult to draw any conclusions about an optimal ventilation strategy in thoracic restrictive diseases. Most studies include only a small sample of patients, analyse only single effects of NIV or investigate different types of diseases, while other authors do not mention ventilation parameters...

eComment. Gender mismatching in lung transplantation: lung size mismatch is the issue!

30-day mortality, PGD, BOS and long-term survival. Although we aimed at constructing a homogeneous study group (adjusting for size and diagnosis), other confounding factors might have had an influence. These circumstances might have biased the results to some degree but not, in our opinion, to an extent that may invalidate the main conclusions drawn from the study. To summarize, this single-cen...