Postoperative surgical complications after lung transplantation
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Postoperative surgical complications after lung transplantation.
This is a review article on the main postoperative complications after lung transplantation: airways complications, vascular complications, pleural complications, surgical wound complications, and abdominal complications. Incidence data, severity, and major management regimens are reported. Postoperative complications after lung transplantation result in a significantly increased morbidity and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (English Edition)
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2173-5115
DOI: 10.1016/j.rppnen.2014.09.007