• Medicina · Jan 2010

    Case Reports

    [Serious and consecutive airway complications after lung transplantation].

    • Pablo Curbelo, Jorge Cáneva, Juan Osses, Alejandro Bertolotti, Rosalía Ahumada, Graciela Wagner, and Roberto Favaloro.
    • Cátedra de Neumología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
    • Medicina (B Aires). 2010 Jan 1; 70 (4): 367-70.

    AbstractAirway complications are relatively frequent after lung transplantation and represent a great challenge to the medical team. In spite of the development of different modalities of bronchoscopic treatment and a lower incidence of complications with new surgical techniques, morbidity and mortality are still elevated. We present the case of a woman who underwent right lung transplantation who afterward developed four severe and consecutive airway complications that solved with a successful therapy approach.

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