Utilizing computed tomography volumetry for size matching prior to lung transplantation : a case series

2023 Journal of Thoracic Disease. All rights reserved..

Background: Appropriate size matching between donor and recipient is critical for successful pulmonary transplantation. Although surrogate measurements such as height and gender are often utilized to approximate predicted lung volume, these methods provide only a gross estimation with wide variability and poor predictive value.

Case Description: A single center exploratory study was conducted in which four patients underwent lung transplantation (LT) with pre-operative computed tomography (CT) volumetry obtained in both the donor and recipient to facilitate decision making regarding organ size and suitability. In four cases in which CT volumetry was used, the lung volumes calculated using surrogate measurements significantly overestimated both donor and recipient lung volumes quantified by CT volumetric analysis. All recipients underwent successful LT without necessary graft downsizing.

Conclusions: This is an initial report of prospectively utilizing CT volumetry as an adjunct to decision-making regarding suitability of donor lungs. In these cases, CT volumetry facilitated the confident acceptance of donor lungs that were initially predicted to be oversized based on other clinical measures.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Journal of thoracic disease - 15(2023), 4 vom: 28. Apr., Seite 2233-2239

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shepherd, Hailey M [VerfasserIn]
Farahnak, Khashayar [VerfasserIn]
Harrison, M Shea [VerfasserIn]
Frye, C Corbin [VerfasserIn]
Marklin, Gary F [VerfasserIn]
Bierhals, Andrew J [VerfasserIn]
Hachem, Ramsey R [VerfasserIn]
Witt, Chad A [VerfasserIn]
Guillamet, Rodrigo V [VerfasserIn]
Byers, Derek E [VerfasserIn]
Kozower, Benjamin D [VerfasserIn]
Meyers, Bryan F [VerfasserIn]
Nava, Ruben G [VerfasserIn]
Patterson, G Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Kreisel, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Puri, Varun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Case series
Lung transplantation (LT)
Organ allocation
Size matching

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Date Revised 19.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.21037/jtd-22-1203

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357000935