Airway complications post lung transplantation

作者：Porhownik Nancy R^*

来源：Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2013, 19(2): 174-180.

DOI：10.1097/MCP.0b013e32835d2ef9

• anastomosis
• bronchoscopy
• dehiscence
• lung transplantation
• stenosis

Purpose of review %26lt;br%26gt;Advancements in surgical techniques, immunosuppression, graft retrieval, and postoperative care of lung transplant recipients has led to a decline in the incidence of airway complications since the first lung transplant was performed in 1963. Although improved, these complications remain a source of morbidity and mortality for lung transplant recipients. %26lt;br%26gt;Recent findings %26lt;br%26gt;Identification and management of risk factors is ideal, although interventional bronchoscopy techniques have allowed management of many airway complications in a less invasive fashion. With current management, mortality related to airway complications is now the same as mortality in lung transplant recipients without airway complications. %26lt;br%26gt;Summary %26lt;br%26gt;This review summarizes the six major classes of airway complications post lung transplantation, with descriptions of radiographic findings and current management.

• 出版日期2013-3