Periprocedural Care
Monitoring & Follow-up
Postoperative management requires good pain management with epidural catheters, intravenous patient-controlled analgesia, local pain pumps, intercostal rib blocks, or a combination of these maneuvers. [5]
Aggressive chest physiotherapy with early ambulation, incentive spirometry, and other methods of sputum mobilization are used to prevent atelectasis and pneumonia. [5]
Chest tubes are placed to evacuate both fluid and air. Sclerosing maneuvers (ie, talc, doxycycline) may be necessary to seal persistent air leaks. [5]
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