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Review
. 1975 Aug;20(2):215-36.
doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)63878-7.

Complications of pulmonary resection

M M Kirsh, H Rotman, D M Behrendt, M B Orringer, H Sloan
Review

Complications of pulmonary resection

M M Kirsh et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1975 Aug.

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.

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