Abstract

We review incidence, etiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of the following complications of pulmonary resection: prolonged air leak, subcutaneous emphysema, residual pleural spaces, early bronchial stump dehiscence, bleeding, pleural empyema, bronchopleural fistula, esophagopleural fistula, chylothorax, cardiac herniation, pulmonary torsion, postpneumonectomy syndrome, nerve injuries and tumor embolism.

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