Advances in new techniques and equipment have allowed surgical operations for trachea and lung to become increasingly common in the field of thoracic surgery. However, perioperative complications, which are still significant factors to influence the surgical outcomes and patients’ prognosis, cannot be ignored. Affected by the pathophysiological changes of the diseases, patients' own physical conditions, perioperative use of drugs, anesthetic methods and surgical plans and other factors, patients’ airway is easy to present as hyperresponsiveness during the perioperative period, resulting in a series of complications. At the same time, unskilled surgical operation, exposure of surgical field, tissue structure variation and adhesion in target field may be the main sources of iatrogenic perioperative complications.
In order to effectively prevent the acute onset of perioperative complications, and to identify and diagnose them as early as possible, as well as to provide a timely treatment, surgeons and anesthesiologists are supposed to enhance the awareness of prevention and management skills of complications.
We propose this topic to provide a platform to share management experience of dealing with the perioperative complications. Contributors are encouraged to submit their articles on novel techniques, surgical skills as well as extraordinary experiments to add their perspectives on improving those complication management strategies. We hope medical staffs and relative practitioners will benefit from the in-depth discussion of managing perioperative complications in tracheopulmonary surgeries, and hopefully to make contributions to promoting the effective solution and reducing related incidence.
We welcome Original Research, Systematic Review, and Case Reports on the following subtopics, but are not limited to:
- Novel techniques and procedures for solving perioperative complications, such tracheoesophageal fistula, asphyxia, anastomotic bleeding, and subcutaneous or mediastinal emphysema, etc.
- New strategies to prevent and deal with aesthesia-related complications
- New drugs, therapies and patient management to prevent and reduce potential complications
- New advances in management of perioperative complications of thoracic, tracheal and pulmonary surgeries
- Novel animal models, molecular mechanisms and other experimental research
Advances in new techniques and equipment have allowed surgical operations for trachea and lung to become increasingly common in the field of thoracic surgery. However, perioperative complications, which are still significant factors to influence the surgical outcomes and patients’ prognosis, cannot be ignored. Affected by the pathophysiological changes of the diseases, patients' own physical conditions, perioperative use of drugs, anesthetic methods and surgical plans and other factors, patients’ airway is easy to present as hyperresponsiveness during the perioperative period, resulting in a series of complications. At the same time, unskilled surgical operation, exposure of surgical field, tissue structure variation and adhesion in target field may be the main sources of iatrogenic perioperative complications.
In order to effectively prevent the acute onset of perioperative complications, and to identify and diagnose them as early as possible, as well as to provide a timely treatment, surgeons and anesthesiologists are supposed to enhance the awareness of prevention and management skills of complications.
We propose this topic to provide a platform to share management experience of dealing with the perioperative complications. Contributors are encouraged to submit their articles on novel techniques, surgical skills as well as extraordinary experiments to add their perspectives on improving those complication management strategies. We hope medical staffs and relative practitioners will benefit from the in-depth discussion of managing perioperative complications in tracheopulmonary surgeries, and hopefully to make contributions to promoting the effective solution and reducing related incidence.
We welcome Original Research, Systematic Review, and Case Reports on the following subtopics, but are not limited to:
- Novel techniques and procedures for solving perioperative complications, such tracheoesophageal fistula, asphyxia, anastomotic bleeding, and subcutaneous or mediastinal emphysema, etc.
- New strategies to prevent and deal with aesthesia-related complications
- New drugs, therapies and patient management to prevent and reduce potential complications
- New advances in management of perioperative complications of thoracic, tracheal and pulmonary surgeries
- Novel animal models, molecular mechanisms and other experimental research
