Outcomes of lung transplantation for idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis
Purpose This study was performed to compare the outcome of lung transplantation (LT) for idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) with that of LT for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Methods We reviewed, retrospectively, all adult patients who underwent LT for IPPFE or IPF in Japan be...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2021-08, Vol.51 (8), p.1276-1284 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Purpose
This study was performed to compare the outcome of lung transplantation (LT) for idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) with that of LT for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Methods
We reviewed, retrospectively, all adult patients who underwent LT for IPPFE or IPF in Japan between 1998 and 2018.
Results
There were 100 patients eligible for this study (31 with IPPFE and 69 with IPF). Patients with IPPFE tended to have a significantly lower body mass index (BMI) than those with IPF (median, 16.7 vs. 22.6 kg/m
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ISSN: | 0941-1291 1436-2813 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00595-021-02232-6 |