“How long does it take to recover from lung resection?”
I will have lung resection surgery. How long does it take to recover from lung resection?
3 Answers
Hello
Your question is very appropriate. It is, however, difficult to answer your question without further information. Lung resections are performed for many reasons. The most common reason is to treat a person who develops a localized cancer in an area of the lung that can be safely removed along with the cancerous lesion for a possible cure.
The recovery time following this operation depends on several factors. One main factor is how much of the lungs must be removed to provide the best possibility of cure of the illness. Other possible reasons include non-malignant lesions that are interfering with life’s function. Hemangiomas are a possible diagnosis.
The recovery time is also dependent on pre-surgical functioning of the lungs. It is possible that the remaining lung tissue has been damaged and might be poorly functioning due to other lung disease such as emphysema. This might be due to a long history of cigarette smoking.
My advice to you is to consult with a physician who specializes in lung treatments. These physician specialists are called pulmonologist who can advise you on your chances for recovery and also advise you on post-operative treatments to improve or preserve lung function. It is likely that your surgeon works with such a physician and it might be beneficial to request a consultation pre-operatively.
Good luck.
Your question is very appropriate. It is, however, difficult to answer your question without further information. Lung resections are performed for many reasons. The most common reason is to treat a person who develops a localized cancer in an area of the lung that can be safely removed along with the cancerous lesion for a possible cure.
The recovery time following this operation depends on several factors. One main factor is how much of the lungs must be removed to provide the best possibility of cure of the illness. Other possible reasons include non-malignant lesions that are interfering with life’s function. Hemangiomas are a possible diagnosis.
The recovery time is also dependent on pre-surgical functioning of the lungs. It is possible that the remaining lung tissue has been damaged and might be poorly functioning due to other lung disease such as emphysema. This might be due to a long history of cigarette smoking.
My advice to you is to consult with a physician who specializes in lung treatments. These physician specialists are called pulmonologist who can advise you on your chances for recovery and also advise you on post-operative treatments to improve or preserve lung function. It is likely that your surgeon works with such a physician and it might be beneficial to request a consultation pre-operatively.
Good luck.
It depends. 4-10 hours, speak with surgeon.
About three months to a year. Depending on if this was an open traditional surgery versus a robotic surgery and depending on how much land was removed. It also depends on if this was a cancer and if other chemotherapy treatments and radiation is needed as well.
