The role of physiotherapy in patients undergoing pulmonary surgery for lung cancer. A literature review

This review aims to appraise the role of physiotherapy care in patients submitted to pulmonary surgery, in preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative phases. Pulmonary surgery is the gold standard treatment for patients with lung cancer if it is completely resectable. However, the major impairme...

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Main Authors: F. Kendall, P. Abreu, P. Pinho, J. Oliveira, P. Bastos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (English Edition)
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2173511517300751