Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a progressive airway disease that can progress to the terminal stage requiring oxygen supply. In this period, lung volume reduction therapies and/or lung transplantation may be considered. Morbidity and mortality risks due to transplant surgery and posttransplant immunosuppressive therapy show the importance of selecting the best candidates who will benefit from transplantation.
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January 2023
Background: This study aims to evaluate the effect of intraoperative fluid therapy on intensive care process and first 90-day morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing lung transplantation.
Methods: Between March 2013 and December 2020, a total of 77 patients (64 males, 13 females; mean age: 47.6±13.
Objective: The transplantation waiting list is getting longer day by day with the spread of lung transplantation and awareness of it. However, the donor pool cannot keep up with this rate. Therefore, nonstandard (marginal) donors are widely used.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurgical treatment of carinal tumors that extend into the lobar bronchus is a procedure that challenges thoracic surgeons. There is no consensus on the suitable technique for a safe anastomosis in lobar lung resection with carina. The preferred Barclay technique has a high rate of anastomosis-related complications.
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