Abstract
The following complications of pulmonary resection are discussed with reference to their frequency of occurrence, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment: pulmonary insufficiency, arrhythmias, residual intrapleural air spaces, prolonged air leaks, postpneumonectomy empyema, bronchopleural fistula, cardiac herniation, lobar gangrene, esophagopleural fistula, pulmonary embolism, and tumor embolism.
MeSH terms
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Arrhythmias, Cardiac / etiology
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Bronchial Fistula / etiology
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Empyema / etiology
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Esophageal Fistula / etiology
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Fistula / etiology
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Gangrene / etiology
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Heart Diseases / etiology
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Hernia / etiology
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Humans
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Lung Diseases / etiology
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Oxygen / blood
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Pleural Diseases / etiology
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Pneumonectomy*
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Pneumoperitoneum / etiology
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Pneumothorax / etiology
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Positive-Pressure Respiration
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Postoperative Complications*
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Pulmonary Alveoli
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Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
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Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology
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Ventilators, Mechanical