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What is Complications of Thoracic Surgery about?

Common complications after thoracic surgery include atelectasis, haemorrhage, pulmonary oedema, atrial brillation, wound infection, pneumonia, persistent air leak, and respiratory failure. Other, less frequent complications include bronchopleural stula, empyema, cardiac herniation, pulmonary torsion, chylothorax, thromboembolism, right ventricular failure, and neurological injury. Thoracic surgical patients are frequently elderly, have substantial coexistent disease, and are particularly prone to respiratory complications. About 20% of patients undergoing lung resection su er one or more complications after surgery, and about 2% die. These risks are doubled following pneumonectomy, and are far less common after limited wedge resection. Risk factors include patient age, current smoking, underlying carcinoma, and chronic lung disease.Anaesthetic and surgical techniques that assist early awakening and e ective pain control will promote restoration of respiratory function, and this should lead to an uneventful postoperative course. COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FEV 1 = forced expiratory volume in one second; IV = intravenous. \* A thorough preoperative evaluation, smoki

Author

Paul S. Myles

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN