Surgery
POP PHTH 341W1
, Objectives
In this teaching unit the student will be introduced to:
thoracic surgical approaches for the most common surgical
procedures attended to by physiotherapists
Complications of thoracic surgery
Principles' of physiotherapy management for patients post thoracic
surgery
,Thoracic surgery
Indications:
Malignancy eg. Lung cancer
Inflammatory conditions eg. Tuberculosis
Trauma eg. fractures
Degenerative conditions eg. emphysema
Congenital diseases
, Pre-operative
investigations
Chest XRAY, Ct scan ,Bronchoscopy, Biopsy