Postoperative complications of mediastinal cyst resection and their management.

© Mediastinum. All rights reserved. Mediastinum 2023;7:20 | https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/med-22-30 The incidence of complications after resection of mediastinal cysts is not well described in the literature. The incidence of complications after resection of mediastinal cysts reported in few case reports and small case series vary between 2–7% (1-4). Most complications that occur after resection of mediastinal cysts are similar to those that occur after any thoracic procedure (2,3) (Table 1,2). Sound knowledge of the possible postoperative complications allow the surgical team to anticipate postoperative complications and thus reduce this morbidity.