title: Complications of pulmonary resection.
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.
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D004653:Empyema / Q000209:etiology; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D005734:Gangrene / Q000209:etiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006547:Hernia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen