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World J Transplant. Nov 18, 2022; 12(11): 359-364
Published online Nov 18, 2022. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v12.i11.359
Surgical chest complications after liver transplantation
Apostolos C Agrafiotis, Konstantina-Eleni Karakasi, Mathilde Poras, Stavros Neiros, Stella Vasileiadou, Georgios Katsanos
Apostolos C Agrafiotis, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1000, Belgium
Konstantina-Eleni Karakasi, Stavros Neiros, Stella Vasileiadou, Georgios Katsanos, Department of Transplantation, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece
Mathilde Poras, Department of Abdominal Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1000, Belgium
Author contributions: Agrafiotis AC, Poras M and Katsanos G were involved in the conception and design; Karakasi KE and Neiros S were administrative support; Poras M, Karakasi KE and Neiros S contributed to the provision of the study material; Poras M, Karakasi KE and Neiros S were involved in the collection and assembly of data; Agrafiotis AC, Vasileiadou S and Katsanos G were involved in the data analysis and interpretation; and all authors wrote the manuscript and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report having no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: Konstantina-Eleni Karakasi, MD, Surgeon, Department of Transplantation, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Konstantinoupoleos 49, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece. kelenikarakasi@gmail.com
Received: July 1, 2022
Peer-review started: July 7, 2022
First decision: August 22, 2022
Revised: September 17, 2022
Accepted: October 14, 2022
Article in press: October 14, 2022
Published online: November 18, 2022
Core Tip

Core Tip: Chest complications during and after liver transplantation significantly affects the surgical and hospitalization outcomes. This minireview focuses on surgical chest complications for transplant patients and categorizes them by time of appearance. This paper may be a helpful guide and tool for medical students, members of the transplantation team and all the collaborative specialties to recognize early chest complications and plan the appropriate treatment.