Quality of Life after Thoracic Surgery, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Quality of Life after Thoracic Surgery, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics
(The Clinics: Surgery)
Anthony P.C. Yim, MD, FRCS, FACS, FCCP, FHKAM
Thoracic Surgery Clinics, Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages 287-434 (August 2004), Quality of Life after Thoracic Surgery
Publisher: Saunders
Pages: 147
Description:
Traditionally, surgical mortality and major morbidity have been the standard outcome parameters in studies involving chest operations. Although these data continue to provide important information, with the advances in anesthetic and surgical techniques and technology, mortality and major morbidity figures alone are increasingly inadequate in meeting the growing needs for detailed comparison of new surgical approaches and rising expectations from
patients of surgery.
This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America focuses on the various aspects of postoperative quality of life after thoracic surgery. The carey chosen topics cover preoperative patient counseling and risk assessment; preoperative optimization of lung function; a critical appraisal of the different health- quality-of-life instruments
currently in use; impairment of pulmonary, cardiovascular, and shoulder functions after lung resection; chronic pain syndrome; quality of life after different procedures—lung resection, esophageal surgery, lung volume reduction surgery, and lung transplantation; and the impact of functional impairment such as chronic respiratory failure and loss of work on the patients, their families, and society.

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