RE: Eeek Lung Lobectomy!

Nick Shackleton — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 07:04:41 GMT

Oh no I’m sorry for that. At least youre prepared should another one happen.

RE: Eeek Lung Lobectomy!

Catriona88 — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 22:14:10 GMT

Thank you Nick!

Unfortunately the mass was also adhered to the pericardial sac and was unresectable :-(

RE: Eeek Lung Lobectomy!

Nick Shackleton — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 06:56:57 GMT

Forgot to say good luck

RE: Eeek Lung Lobectomy!

Nick Shackleton — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 06:56:35 GMT

If you’ve got one to hand use a ventilato. You will need to turn it down/off during the removal. Otherwise it’s manual IPPV. Have others on hand to help. Such as someone to open instruments, suture material etc. Multipramiter monitoring equipment. that way you can ensure you’re ventilating the patient adequately. Plenty of pain relief. Opiate in premed, NASIDs (Maybe at end). I’ve usually seen a splash block performed. Local anaesthetic out in chest cavity at end of surgery. Chest drains are usually placed to removal residual air. Usually if you give a breat at end of surgery this will expel a fair amount of air from the chest this will limit the amount of pneumothorax. Close post op monitoring. Chest drains are straight forward with three way taps and gate clamps. Ensuring caps are replaced after removing air from the chest. And gate clamp used to clamp off drain.