Table 2. Summary of complications after carinal and sleeve resections in published surgical series with (n>50).
| Author | Year | n | Mortality (%) | Morbidity (%) | Bronchopleural fistula/dehiscence/ischemia | Bronchovascular fistula | Stenosis | Local recurrence | Empyema (%) | 5-year Survival (%) |
| Carinal resection | ||||||||||
| Tedder et al.,[12] | 1992 | 1915 | 20.9 | - | 10.1 | 2.9 | - | 4.2 | 8.6 | - |
| Mitchell et al.,[13] | 1999 | 134 | 12.7 | 38.8 | 17.2b | - | - | - | 2.2 | - |
| Mitchell et al..[14] | 2001 | 60 | 15.0 | 45.0 | 16.7b | - | - | 3.3 | - | 42 |
| Porhanov et al.,[15] | 2002 | 231 | 16.0 | 35.5 | 21.6 | - | 7.4 | 5.0 | 14.7 | 25 |
| Regnard et al..[16] | 2005 | 65 | 7.7 | 50.8 | 10.8 | - | 4.6 | - | 7.7 | 27 |
| de Perrot et al.,[17] | 2006 | 119 | 7.6 | 47.1 | 10.1 | - | 2.5 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 44 |
| Roviaro et al.,[18] | 2006 | 53 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 3.8 | - | - | - | 1.9 | 33 |
| Eichhorn et al.,[19] | 2013 | 64 | 3.1 | 40.6 | 10.9 | - | - | - | 10.9 | 31 |
| Sezer et al.,[20] | 2020 | 51 | 10.9 | 48.8 | 9.4 | - | - | - | 31 | 42.2 |
| Blatter et al.,[21] | 2018 | 73 | 8.2 | 10 | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | 42.2 |
| Sleeve lobectomy | ||||||||||
| Tedder et al.,[12] | 1992 | 1915 | 5.5 | - | 3.0 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 12.5 | 2.0 | 40 |
| Kawahara et al.,[22] | 1994 | 112 | - | - | 5.6 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 7.1 | - | - |
| Gaissert et al.,[23] | 1996 | 72 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 1.4 | - | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 42 |
| Icard et al.,[24] | 1999 | 110 | 2.7 | 44.5 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 3.6 | - | - | 39 |
| Tronc et al.,[25] | 2000 | 184 | 1.6 | 15.8 | 1.1 | - | 2.2 | - | 2.2 | 52 |
| Fadel et al.,[26] | 2002 | 169 | 2.4 | 12.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 52 |
| Mezzetti et al.,[27] | 2002 | 83 | 3.6 | 10.8 | 3.6 | - | - | 20.0 | - | 43 |
| Terzi et al.,[28] | 2002 | 160 | 11.3 | 24.4 | 8.1 | 1.9 | 5.6 | - | - | 39 |
| Hollaus et al..[29] | 2003 | 108 | 5.5 | 26.8 | 2.8 | - | - | - | 2.8 | - |
| Burfeind et al.,[30] | 2005 | 73 | 2.7 | 37.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 2.7 | - | - |
| Lausberg et al.,[31] | 2005 | 171 | 1.8 | - | 0.6 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 43-46 |
| Ludwig et al.,[32] | 2005 | 116 | 4.3 | - | 6.9 | - | 0.9 | - | 1.7 | 39 |
| Takeda et al.,[33] | 2006 | 62 | 4.8 | 45.2 | 3.2 | - | - | 9.7 | 9.7 | 54 |
| Yildizeli et al.,[34] | 2007 | 218 | 4.1 | 22.9 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 53 |
| Rea et al.,[35] | 2008 | 199 | 4.5 | 17.9 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 15.1 | - | 1.0 | 40 |
| Yamamoto et al.,[36] | 2008 | 201 | 1.5 | 39.8 | 2.0 | - | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 58 |
| Merritt et al.,[37] | 2009 | 196 | 2.0 | 34.6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 44 |
| Milman et al.,[38] | 2009 | 64 | 3.1 | 45.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 4.7 | - | 41-48 |
| Gomez-Caro et al.,[39] | 2011 | 58 | 3.4 | 34.5 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 62 |
| Storelli et al.,[40] | 2012 | 103 | 2.9 | 23.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.8 | - | 63 |
| Gonzalez et al.,[41] | 2013 | 99 | 3.0 | 50.5 | 2.0 | - | 3.0 | - | - | 28-45 |
| Bylicki et al.,[42] | 2014 | 108 | - | - | 9.3 | - | 12.0 | - | - | - |
| Comacchio et al.,[43] | 2019 | 159 | 0.006 | 29 | 0.02 | - | 0.09 | - | - | 50 |