Table IV.
Post-operative complication.
| Author | No. surgical patients | Site | Post-operative complication | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Yes | Non-fatal complications | |||
| Yang 20 | 109 | Trachea | 1 | 24 | Unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy (9), anastomotic stenosis (4), dyspnoea (2), granulation stenosis (2), permanent tracheostomy (2), pneumonia (2), emphysema (1), tracheoesophageal fistula (1), incision infection (1) |
| Chen 22 | 48 | Trachea | 0 | 5 | Drinking cough (2), laryngeal nerve paralysis (1), tracheal stenosis (2) |
| Wurtz 12 | 6 | Trachea | 0 | 5 | Dehiscence anastomosis + sternoplasty for incomplete separation of the sternum (1), pneumonia + tracheotomy and ventilatory support (1), necrosis of the graft (treated with transplantation) + tracheotomy and ventilatory support + oesophageal fistula (1), anterior spinal cord ischaemia + purulent stent retention (required additional bronchial stenting) (1), sternal dehiscence (treated with sternoplasty) + ventilatory support (1) |
| Je 21 | 13 | Trachea | 0 | 14 | Tracheal stenosis (2), oesophagitis (3), pulmonary fibrosis (9) |