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Should I Blame the Surgeon: Surgical Complications and Surgical Treatment of the Complications

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Pulmonary resections are standard surgical procedures in the treatment of early-stage lung cancer and of some benign inflammatory lesions such as bronchiectasis and tuberculosis. However, despite the refinements in the surgical techniques and perioperative care, the patients undergoing lung surgery are still under the risk of postoperative lethal complications. Several factors increase the risk of the procedures such as advanced age, pulmonary, cardiac comorbidities, and induction treatment. The overall morbidity rates vary between 7.5 and 25 %. Some of the complications are due to the eventual results of the preoperative condition of the patients. Some of them may develop due to surgical decisions taken during the operation. Some may be related to the destruction of the surgical stitches due to several factors including infection. Whatever the reason is, the surgeon has the primary responsibility. Every possible cause should be shared and investigated with the postoperative intensive care team, and transparency is the first rule to treat the complication.

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Grusina-Ujumaza, J., Toker, A. (2017). Should I Blame the Surgeon: Surgical Complications and Surgical Treatment of the Complications. In: Şentürk, M., Orhan Sungur, M. (eds) Postoperative Care in Thoracic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19908-5_7

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