Imaging features of intrathoracic complications of lung transplantation: What the radiologists need to know

• 作者: Elisa Chia Simeon Niyi Babawale
• 来源期刊: 世界放射学杂志：英文版（电子版）
• 学科: 医学
• 年，卷（期）: 2017,（12）
• 页码范围: 438-447
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: R655.3

摘要

Lung transplantation has been a method for treating end stage lung disease for decades. Despite improvements in the preoperative assessment of recipients and donors as well as improved surgical techniques, lung transplant recipients are still at a high risk of developing postoperative complications which tend to impact negatively the patients’ outcome if not recognised early. The recognised complications post lung transplantation can be broadly categorised into acute and chronic complications. Recognising the radiological features of these complications has a significant positive impact on patients’ survival post transplantation. This manuscript provides a comprehensive review of the radiological features of post lung transplantations complications over a time continuum.