Table 3.

Management and post-operative outcomes of surgically treated patients

	Surgical management	MV (hours)	ICU stay (days)	Complications	Hospital days	Status	OS after bronchoplasty (months)	OS after BLTX (months)
Pt 1	Isolated sleeve of the bronchus intermedius	0	0	None	8	Dead—acute pancreatitis	2	7
Pt 2	Isolated bronchoplasty	0	0	None	6	Dead—primary graft dysfunction after retransplantation	89	122
Pt 3	Lower sleeve bilobectomy	0	0	None	10	Dead—massive hemoptysis	97	117
Pt 4	Lower sleeve bilobectomy, anastomosing the tracheo-bronchial angle with upper lobe bronchus	18	2	None	14	Alive	20	43
Pt 5	Lower sleeve bilobectomy anastomosing the tracheo-bronchial angle with upper lobe bronchus	20	8	Airway infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa	18	Dead—BOS	23	122
Pt 6	Isolated sleeve of the bronchus intermedius and middle lobectomy	0	1	Bronchial fistula	28	Alive	4	12

BLTX bilateral lung transplantation, BOS bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome, ICU intensive care unit, MV mechanical ventilation, OS overall survival, Pt patient