Table 3.

Complications and causes of death

Variable	No. (%)
In-hospital complications
Early death	2 (20)
Cases 1 and 2: septic shock
Early morbidity among early survivors
Prolonged mechanical ventilation (>72 hr)	7 (70)
Acute renal insufficiency	4 (40)
Pulmonary infection
Bacterial	2 (20)
Viral	2 (20)
Biliary infection	2 (20)
Hematogenous infection	4 (40)
Postoperative diabetes mellitus	2 (20)
Vocal nerve injury	1 (10)
Brain hemorrhage	1 (10)
Late complications
Late deaths	3 (38)
Cases 3 and 4: BOS
Case 5: septic shock
Late morbidity among early survivors
BOS	2 (25)
Chronic renal insufficiency	2 (25)
Pulmonary infection
Fungal	1 (13)
Hematogenous infection	2 (25)

BOS, bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.