title: Minor and intermediate surgeries in lung transplant recipients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Only limited data exist regarding the incidence and outcome of surgical procedures following lung transplantation (LTX).
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis of surgical procedures performed in all LTX patients (n = 250) between 1997 and 2008.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 250 patients who underwent LTX, 68 (27.2%) required 154 surgical procedures. Mean age was 53 ± 13 yr. Mean interval between LTX and surgery was 41 ± 40 months. Mean follow-up was 21 ± 9.4 months. Fourteen (9.1%) emergency operations were performed. Sixty patients (39%) underwent general anesthesia, 12 (7.8%) regional anesthesia, and 82 (53%) local anesthesia. Two patients required a major surgical procedure, while 76 of the procedures (49.4%) were intermediate, and 76 were minor surgeries. Only two patients (0.8%) developed complications (one infectious and one bronchospasm). One patient (0.4%) died following surgery as a result of septic shock.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Minor and intermediate procedures can be performed safely in LTX patients without associated morbidity or mortality.
authors.affiliation: Rabin Medical Center, Pulmonary Institute, Petah Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: Mordechai R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Yori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Krilo
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fuks
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shitrit
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000401:mortality*; D015996:Survival Rate