Preoperative and immediate postoperative respiratory therapy in patients with pulmonary resection
Romessis, M.; Mucilli, F.; Buonsanto, A.; Del Duca, M.; Sacco, R.
Minerva Chirurgica 49(10): 935-942
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4733 PMID: 7808667 Document Number: 430317
Twenty patients with a resectable lung cancer and with a low respiratory function were included in this study. During the preoperative period all patients underwent a physiokinesic preparation in view of some improvement of their ventilation performances. Methodology as well as results are reported good response to the program, better post-operative functional recovery and absence of complications were observed in this group of patients.