Anastomotic Airway Complications after Lung Transplantation
Hatachi, G.; Miyazaki, T.; Yamasaki, N.; Tsuchiya, T.; Matsumoto, K.; Kamohara, R.; Doi, R.; Nagayasu, T.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 69(11): 919-922
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 27713197 Document Number: 688815
NlmCategory="UNASSIGNED">Anastomotic airway complications still remain an important issue after lung transplantation. Most of the complications are stenosis and anastomotic leakage. Stent insertion is one option for the stenosis. We review the anastomotic airway complications and report our recent experience of stent insertion using 3-dimensional printed airway model.