The role of thoracic surgery in the management of complicated acute and post-acute COVID-19 pneumonia (PASC).
J HerzingerV HytychJ MališK PavlíčkováJ ČermákR DemešP SvobodaP HedánkovአŽbánkováK ČeslarováA TaškováPublished in: Rozhledy v chirurgii : mesicnik Ceskoslovenske chirurgicke spolecnosti (2024)
Even mild COVID-19 may cause a considerable morphological a functional alteration of the respiratory system. The most common complications of COVID-19 pneumonia that require a thoracic surgical intervention include pathologies associated with an air leak and accumulation of air (pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema). The development of pulmonary necrosis, symptomatic bronchiectasis, pneumatocele, and bullous-fibrotic formations may result in pneumothorax, hemothorax or thoracic empyema in sporadic cases. An early thoracic surgical intervention to treat thoracic complications of COVID-19 pneumonia can improve the survival of COVID-19 patients.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- respiratory failure
- spinal cord
- randomized controlled trial
- liver failure
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- thoracic surgery
- risk factors
- cystic fibrosis
- aortic dissection
- late onset
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- intensive care unit
- hepatitis b virus
- community acquired pneumonia