Airway complications in lung transplantation.

ABSTRACT: Airway complications (ACs) after lung transplantation remain an important source of morbidity and mortality despite significant advances in the surgical technics, leading to increased cost, and decrease quality of life. The incidences of ACs after lung transplantation range from 2% to 33%, even though most transplant centers have reported rates in the range of 7% to 8%. However, the reported rate of ACs has been inconsistent as a result of a lack of standardized airway definitions and grading protocols before the recent 2018 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) proposed consensus guidelines on ACs after lung transplantation. The ACs include stenosis, perioperative and postoperative bronchial infections, bronchial necrosis and dehiscence, excess granulation tissu

SUBMITTER: Crespo MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8662498 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature