Is preoperative pulmonary rehabilitation effective in the postoperative period after lung resection?

• Published in: African health sciences 2023-03, Vol.23 (1), p.646-55
• Main Authors: Kökez, Hatice, Keskin, Hakan, Ergin, Makbule, Erdoğan, Abdullah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Humans; Length of Stay; Lung - surgery; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Postoperative Period; Prospective Studies; Thoracotomy - adverse effects; Thoracotomy - methods
• ISSN: 1680-6905; 1729-0503
• DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v23i1.69

Investigating the effects of the preoperative short term intensive pulmonary rehabilitation program applied for patients who have undergone lung resection by thoracotomy, on lung functions, complication rates and length of hospital stay during the postoperative period. A prospective randomized trial of sixty patients were enrolled who would undergo pulmonary resection by thoracotomy and were randomly divided in two groups. Intensive pulmonary rehabilitation was performed on these patients in the study group 3 hours a day throughout 7 days during the preoperative period. Groups were compared with respect to their spirometric pulmonary functions, respiratory parameters, blood gas parameters, complication rates and length of hospital stay. Total incidence rate of complications in the patients from the control group significantly increased(p=0,028). When patients who underwent lobectomy and wedge resection were observed, length of hospital stay of those in the control group was seen to be statistically higher in comparison with the study group(p