Reference
|
Total no. of lung transplants
|
Total no. of anastomoses
|
Total no. of airway complications
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No. of bronchial dehiscence
|
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Kshettry V R [1]
|
102 (77 SLT, 25 BSLT)
|
127
|
19 (15%)*
|
3 (2.3%)*
|
Alvarez A [3]
|
100 (29 SLT, 61 BSLT)
|
151
|
8 (5.3%)*
|
1(0.6%)*
|
Ruttmann E [4]
|
81 (29 SLT, 48 BSLT)
|
125
|
16 (12.8%)*
|
1(0.8%)*
|
Van de Wauwer C [5]
|
232 (102 SLT, 130 BSLT)
|
362
|
57 (15.7%)*
|
29 (8.0 %)*
|
- SLT: Single lung transplant, BSLT: Bilateral sequential lung transplant.
- * denotes the percentage of complications in total anastomoses.