Technical Aspects of Lung Transplantation: Adverse Events and Circumstances

Abstract

Adverse events or emergency situations that are unacceptable in the context of lung transplantation may occur during the procedure. These adverse events and circumstances are not problems that are caused by insufficient experience or can be solved by increasing surgical experience. The purpose of this review is to describe the adverse events and circumstances that occur during lung transplantation and to identify an appropriate surgical approach through an analysis of case reports in the global literature.

Keywords

• lung transplantation
• adverse event
• partial anomalous pulmonary venous return
• trachea bronchus