Prolonged air leakage after lung resection

The OBJECTIVE was to present mechanisms, risk factors, prevention methods, and treatment of air leakage after lung resection surgeries based on the analysis of literature sources.METHODS AND MATERIALS. Sources from the international databases Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar as well as the national library system eLibrary were used for literature analysis.CONCLUSION. Air leakage is a frequent postoperative complication of lung operations and the main factor affecting the duration of pleural cavity drainage, which can lead to the development of complications. There is still no consensus on the methods of prevention and treatment of this category of patients. Further research will make it possible to develop combined approaches to prevention and treatment adapted for each patient.